Maria Teresa Ramos

Teacher, poet and translator. After preparatory studies, she moved to Lisbon, where in 1950 she completed the Primary Teacher Training course. She dedicated herself to teaching, having worked in various schools, including in Angola. She worked in various educational centres in Lisbon, notably highlighting her collaboration with the Cooperative for Education and Rehabilitation of Maladjusted Children (CERCI). An active and non-conformist spirit, she developed a wide variety of cultural actions in schools, public libraries, civic associations, and participated in poetry meetings, congresses and colloquiums. Motivated by the results obtained and the contacts established in the cultural world, she returned to study Contemporary Portuguese Literature in 1994 and Brazilian Literature in 1996. She is represented in several poetry anthologies.