Vasco da Gama Rodrigues (27 January 1909, Paul do Mar,

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- 3 May 1991), was a Portuguese

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. Rodrigues moved in his youth to

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, then a

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. In his twenties he returned to

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, where he worked in Lisbon’s Tourism Inspection Department. During this time he started writing and some of his works were published. His works are in the style of

Agostinho da Silva George Agostinho Baptista da Silva, GCSE (; Porto, 13 February 1906 – Lisbon, 3 April 1994) was a Portuguese philosopher, essayist, and writer. His thought combines elements of pantheism and millenarism, an ethic of renunciation (like in Bu ...

and Álvaro Ribeiro.

's Câmara Municipal (Municipal Chamber) named a street after him in

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. On 3 May 2009, the school in Paul do Mar was renamed ''Vasco da Gama Rodrigues School'' in a ceremony led by the Regional Secretary for Education & Culture, Francisco Fernandes, and organised by the cultural centre ''Casa do Povo do Paul do Mar''.Paula Abreu, "Vasco da Gama Rodrigues. Poeta do Paul do Mar com obra reeditada", Jornal da Madeira / Cultura / 2009-05-04.
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Works

*''Os Atlantes'' (1961) *''As Três Taças''(1972) *''O Cristo das Nações'' (1995)

References

1909 births 20th-century Portuguese poets Portuguese male poets 1991 deaths People from Madeira 20th-century male writers {{Portugal-bio-stub