After several stays in prison, the persecutions of the PIDE (Salazar's political police), he was forced into exile in France with his wife, writer Maria Judite de Carvalho. ###>Après plusieurs séjours en prison, en butte aux persécutions de la PIDE (la police politique de Salazar), il se verra contraint à l’exil en France avec sa femme, l’écrivaine Maria Judite de Carvalho.