Natlia Correia

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Portuguese poet. The heart-breakingly gorgeous young woman, she was considered to be the most beautiful woman in Lisbon when she was in her 20s and 30s. Her first published book was a children's book called "The Great Adventures of a Small Hero" (1945). She then began writing in adult genres: plays, novels and poetry. Her collection of poems called "Romantic Sonnets" is considered to be one of the best in Portuguese literature. She was imprisoned for three years after her book "Erotic Anthology" was published in the early 1960s and condemned by the regime of dictator Antonio Salazar. In 1974, after the revolution, she entered Portuguese politics as a member of Parliament representing the Social Democratic Party. She later switched parties several times. She was married four times with no children. She died of heart failure on March 16,1993 in Lisbon (New York Times obituary gave respiratory problems). She was 69. Link to Wikipedia biography