Born on October 15 1923 to one of the oldest Macanese families, Henrique de Senna Fernandes completed his secondary education at the Liceu de Macau and went to Portugal to study law in Coimbra. His literary feats started at the Portuguese university town, when he won a prize for the short story “A-Chan, the Tanka Girl”. Returning to Macau in 1954, he opened a legal office in the “San Malou” area and simultaneously started a teaching career at the Pedro Nolasco da Silva Commercial School. He contributed to several local newspapers and magazines and left a literary legacy including acclaimed works like “Love and Tiny Toes” and “The Bewitching Braid”.  He died just over two years ago, on October 4.