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Vimala Devi | |
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![]() Almeida during her youth | |
Born | Teresa da Piedade de Baptista Almeida 1932 (age 92–93) Penha de França, Goa, Portuguese India |
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Nationality | Portuguese |
Years active | 1950s–present |
Spouse | Manuel 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.