Rui Assis e Santos

Poet. He emigrated to Brazil while still young. A law graduate, he served as Portugal's vice-consul. He gained prominence as a journalist and writer, with work published across newspapers and magazines, especially literary supplements. He published his first book of poems in 1978, A Hora da Vida, and in 1980 he published a legal overview monograph, As Importantes Alterações do Código Civil Português. Meanwhile, he served as international relations coordinator for the Sindicato dos Escritores do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, was a member of the Associação Paulista de Imprensa, and was a full member of the Academia Brasileira de História and the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de São Paulo.