Jorge de Sena was compelled to flee his homeland. He first settled in Brazil, and then in the United States. He never made a repeat visit to Portugal. He maintained an epistolary correspondence with Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen throughout his two-decade exile. These letters bear witness to the two poets' great relationship, letters of yearning and desire to "replace years of distance with hours of discourse." Through snippets and verses, a dialogue is constructed between them, illustrating their diverse perspectives but most importantly their close link and their efforts to preserve it until their dying breaths.
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Jorge de Sena was compelled to flee his homeland. He first settled in Brazil, and then in the United States. He never made a repeat visit to Portugal. He maintained an epistolary correspondence with Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen throughout his two-decade exile. These letters bear witness to the two poets' great relationship, letters of yearning and desire to "replace years of distance with hours of discourse." Through snippets and verses, a dialogue is constructed between them, illustrating their diverse perspectives but most importantly their close link and their efforts to preserve it until their dying breaths.
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