Noel Arriaga

Poet and author of books for children and young adults. He graduated in Law from the University of Lisbon. A senior official of the SNI (National Information Secretariat) since 1953, he was appointed head of the Services of the Portugal Tourism Center in Brazil in 1962 and its director in 1972. He also served as deputy commercial attaché to the Portuguese Embassy in Brazil. In 1973, he was named academic honoris causa and cultural correspondent of the Academia Brasileira de Belas Artes. He produced programs for EN (Emissora Nacional) and collaborated with RTP (Rádio Televisão Portuguesa). He wrote for many newspapers, especially Diário de Notícias, O Século, Diário Popular, Século Ilustrado, Panorama, Colóquio, Padrão, Ecos de Portugal, Revista de Viagens (Brazil); and directed the bulletin Turismo de Portugal.