Vimala Devi

Vimala Devi
Almeida during her youth
Almeida during her youth
BornTeresa da Piedade de Baptista Almeida
1932 (age 92–93)
Penha de França, Goa, Portuguese India
Occupation
  • Writer
  • poet
  • translator
NationalityPortuguese
Years active1950s–present
SpouseManuel de Seabra

Teresa da Piedade de Baptista Almeida (born c. 1932), known by her pen name Vimala Devi, is a Portuguese writer, poet, and translator.[1][2][3] Born into an elite Goan caste of Roman Catholic Brahmins in Portuguese Goa, she settled in Lisbon, Portugal in 1957, later working as a translator, during which she adopted her pen name. In Portugal, she met her future husband, Manuel de Seabra, a fellow journalist and writer.

  1. ^ Machado, Everton. "A literatura goesa de língua portuguesa" in Cronópios 16 July 2006
  2. ^ Dias, Filinto Cristo. Esboço da história da literatura indo-portuguesa. Bastorá (Goa), 1963
  3. ^ Neves, Mauro.A poesia de Vimala Devi. Bulletin of the Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, No.34. 1999.

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