 His third book was a notebook titled "Caderno de um Ilhéu" published in 1955 which later won the Camilo Pessanha Award.He also published poems include "Meio Milémiio", "Júbilo" ("Jubilee"), "Panfletário" ("Booklet") and "Prelúdio" ("Prelude").He then lived for many years on the island of Sal, working as a civil servant of the customhouse.