Raul Proença

Raul Proença was a Portuguese writer, journalist, and intellectual. Born in Caldas da Rainha, Proença obtained a degree in economic and financial sciences from the Instituto Industrial e Comercial de Lisboa. He was a founder of the magazine Seara Nova. In 1927, Proença was exiled in Paris. Proença returned to Portugal in 1932. He was hospitalized for mental illness, but died of typhoid fever in Porto.