9 8 , ▁aged ▁ 9 5 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 0 3 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 9 8 ▁death s ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁O amar u ▁Category : New ▁Zealand ▁women ▁law y ers ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁New ▁Zealand ▁law y ers ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁O tag o ▁al umn i <0x0A> </s> ▁Ra úl ▁Ant ón io ▁Pro ença ▁de ▁Marcel ino ▁Mes qu ita ▁( born ▁May ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 9 4 9 ) ▁is ▁a ▁Portuguese ▁author . ▁He ▁graduated ▁in ▁philosophy ▁from ▁the ▁Lis bon ▁Class ical ▁University . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Ra úl ▁Mes qu ita ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Lis bon , ▁where ▁he ▁attended ▁the ▁Ly c ée ▁Fran çais , ▁followed ▁by ▁the ▁grammar ▁schools ▁L ice u ▁Cam ões ▁and ▁L ice u ▁D . ▁João ▁de ▁Castro , ▁finishing ▁his ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁Lis bon ▁Class ical ▁University . ▁Grand son ▁of ▁Ra ul ▁Pro ença , ▁he ▁escaped ▁from ▁ ▁Portugal ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁as ▁a ▁cons cient ious ▁object or . ▁He ▁then ▁lived ▁in ▁Belg ium ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁and ▁was ▁recogn ised ▁as ▁a ▁political ▁ex ile ▁by ▁the ▁UN ▁in ▁Br uss els ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁ ▁He ▁returned ▁to ▁his ▁hom eland ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁after ▁the ▁Democratic ▁revolution . ▁He ▁has ▁published