The Life and Death of a Proud Azorean: A Biography

Machado, Roberto A.: - Roberto A. Machado was born in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores, in 1952. He emigrated to Canada in 1969 to avoid being drafted into the Portuguese army which was involved in an unjust war of attrition against the natives of its former colonies of Angola, Mozambique and Guiné-Bissau. He settled down in Toronto where he attended Bloor Collegiate Institute and, afterwards, the University of Toronto. He is the proud recipient of four university degrees including a Ph.D. in Québec literature. He began his teaching career in 1978 at Grand River Collegiate Institute, in Kitchener, Ontario, where he taught French and Spanish. Beginning in 1980, he taught French, Portuguese and Spanish at Harbord Collegiate Institute, in Toronto, for twenty-seven years and was the Head of the Modern Languages Department at that school for the last ten of his career. Previously, he also served as Head of Modern Languages at Malvern Collegiate Institute for three years. Now retired, he devotes his spare time to being an active member of La Troupe des Anciens de l'Université de Toronto, traveling, gardening and writing for pleasure. The Life and Death of a Proud Azorean: A Biography is the second volume of An Azorean Trilogy. Roberto is married and the boastful father of a wonderful daughter. He lives in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.