Olinda Beja (born December 8, 1946) is a
São Tomé and Príncipe poet, writer and narrator. Later she immigrated to Portugal and moved to
Viseu and later became a Portuguese citizen.
Biography
She was born in
Guadalupe on
São Tomé Island in 1946 to Portuguese José de Beja Martins and native Santomean Maria da Trindade Filipe.
For about 12 years inhabited in the wonderful islands, she later lived across the sea in the cold lands of
Beira Alta, Portugal. She got a license in Modern Languages, French and Portuguese at the
University of Porto, Beja was a teacher at the Secondary School from 1976. She teaches Portuguese language and culture in Switzerland, and is a cultural advisor to the ambassador of São Tomé e Príncipe.[1][2]