Andrée Crabbé Rocha (1917-2003)
Andrée Crabbé graduated in Romance Philology from the Free University of Brussels, where she was a student of Vitorino Nemésio. In 1938, she attended the Holiday Course at the University of Coimbra, and met Torga at Nemésio's house. She completed her PhD in 1944, with a thesis dedicated to the theatre of Almeida Garrett, at the University of Lisbon, where she began teaching duties. Fired in 1947 for political reasons, she was prevented from teaching in the public education system for more than 20 years, during which time she carried out extensive research work dedicated to Portuguese literature. She began teaching again at the University of Lisbon in 1970, later moving to the University of Coimbra, where she taught until 1986. Some of the most noteworthy of her works are A Epistolografia em Portugal, Garcia de Resende e o Cancioneiro Geral and Temas da Literatura Portuguesa. She was awarded the National Order of Merit in 1979, in France, and the President of the Republic, Mário Soares, awarded her the Order of Infante Dom Henrique in 1986.