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Person poet political prisoner

Salema Vaz

poet · political prisoner

Main article Salema Vaz Salema Vaz was a poet deported to Madeira in 1919 and held at the Gonçalo Aires lazaretto; his exile verses were published as Pão do Exílio in 1921.

Salema Vaz was a poet deported to Madeira in 1919 and held at the Gonçalo Aires lazaretto. His exile verses were published as Pão do Exílio in 1921.

2Chronology

1919
Some 289 political prisoners from the monarchist revolt, among them Salema Vaz, landed in Funchal from the steamer Africa and were interned in the Gonçalo Aires lazaretto.
1921
Salema Vaz published Pão do Exílio in Lisbon.

3Places mentioned

Map: Madeira (3)

Map: Madeira (3)