José Vítor Rangel

Physician and surgeon trained at the Medical School of Goa, journalist, and poet. Alongside running the family printing business, Tipografia Rangel, one of the oldest in Goa, he cultivated Portuguese literature through journalism and poetry. He was interested in keeping the Portuguese language alive in Goa after its integration into India and assumed the directorship of the Centro dos Estudos Indo-Portugueses Voicuntrao Dempó, headquartered in Panjim (Goa). He is a member of the Instituto Menezes Bragança in Goa. Like his articles, his poems are scattered across various publications, but they have been compiled with an English translation by Frederick G. Williams. This compilation was published in 1992 by the aforementioned Centro Dempó under the title: Toada da Vida e Outros Poemas: Life's Refrain and Other Poems.