Author. Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen is considered one of the greatest Portuguese poets of recent history. She was also a noted children's short story writer, playwright, essayist, and translator. Born in Porto into an aristocratic family of Danish and Belgian descent, she studied at a religious school and entered the Classical Philology course at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon in 1936 without completing the course. During this period, she met influential authors and began writing verses for poetry magazines in 1940. Raised in a traditional family with strong monarchical and Catholic roots, Sophia was one of the voices against Salazar's dictatorship and always supported monarchical and progressive Catholic political movements and opposition figures. Her first poetry book, "Poesia," was published in 1944, paving the way to a renowned work that made her an unavoidable figure in 20th-century poetry. She married lawyer, politician and journalist Francisco de Sousa Tavares in 1947 and had five children. The marriage ended in divorce in 1988. Some of her most notable poetry works are "Dia do Mar" (1947), "Coral" (1950), "No Tempo Dividido" (1954), "Mar Novo" (1958), "Cristo Cigano" (1961), "Livro Sexto" (1962), "Grades" (1970), "Dual" (1972), "O Nome das Coisas" (1977), "Navegações" (1983) and "Ilhas" (1989). Her children's short stories "A Menina do Mar" (1958), "A Fada Oriana" (1958), "A Noite de Natal" (1959), "O Cavaleiro da Dinamarca" (1964), "O Rapaz de Bronze" (1966) and "A Floresta" (1968) are among her best-known works nationally. She translated works by Dante, William Shakespeare, Paul Claudel, Euripides, Émile Mireaux or Vasko Popa. Some of her works were translated into English, Italian and German. She published eight essays and five plays. Also, her works are part of the public school curriculum in the Portuguese Language subject. Andresen received dozens of national awards, but the most prestigious was the Camões Prize in 1999, being the first woman to receive it. She also received the Queen Sofia Prize for Iberoamerican Poetry in 2003. She was awarded the ranks of Grand Officer (1981) and Grand Cross (1998) of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword and Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (1987). She died at the age of 84 at Pulido Valente Hospital in Lisbon and was initially interred in Carnide Cemetery. On February 20, 2014, the Assembly of the Republic unanimously decided to move her remains to the National Pantheon. The ceremony took place on July 2, 2014, on the 10th anniversary of her death.