Luís de Camões
Luís Vaz de Camões[1] (c. 1524 – June 10, 1580) was Portugal's greatest poet. He has been compared to Homer, Virgil, Dante, Cervantes or Shakespeare. He wrote lyrical poetry (in Portuguese and in Spanish) and drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas. (His philosophical work The Parnasum of Luís Vaz was lost, stolen with part of Os Lusíadas by envious enemies while he was staying at Mozambique.)
Luís Vaz de Camões | |
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| Born | c.1524 |
| Died | June 10, 1580 Lisbon |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Os Lusíadas |
Works
- Os Lusíadas
- Is about the exploration of Portuguese people through Africa and the West Indies. It talks a lot about Vasco de Gama.[2]
- The Parnasum of Luís Vaz (lost)
Legacy
Today, a museum dedicated to Camões can be found in Macau, the Museu Luís de Camões.
Luís De Camões Media
Coat of arms of Luís de Camões.
Camões, early 20th century depiction
Camões in Goa prison, in anonymous painting from 1556
Camões in the cave of Macau, in an engraving by Desenne, 1817
Tomb of the poet at the Jerónimos Monastery
The portrait painted in Goa, 1581
Cover of the 1572 edition of Os Lusíadas
Tethys describes the World Machine to Gama, illustration from the 1639 edition of Faria e Sousa
Bibliography
English
- A biography about Camões is Life of Camões, by John Adamson, published by Longman in 1820.
- Luis de Camões: Epic and Lyric, ed. Keith Bosley (1990)
- Camoens: His Life and his Lusiads, 1881
- The Place of Camoens in Literature / Nabuco, Joaquim., 1908
- Luis de Camões / Bell, Aubrey F. G., 1923
- Camoens, Central Figure of Portuguese Lit. / Goldberg, Isaac., 1924
- From Virgil to Milton / Bowra, C. M., 1945
- Camoens and the Epic of the Lusiads / Hart, Henry Hersch., 1962
- The Lusiads of Luiz de Camões / Bacon, Leonard., 1966
- The Presence of Camões / Monteiro, George., 1996
- The Lusiads / White, Landeg., 2002
Notes
- ↑ pronounced luˈiʃ vaʃ dɨ kaˈmõĩʃ; sometimes rendered in English from old Portuguese as Camoens
- ↑ "The Lusiads". World Digital Library. 1800–1882. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
Other websites
- Works by Luis de Camoes at Project Gutenberg
- Luis Vaz de Camões - Catholic Encyclopedia article
- Fulgrosse's Blog about Luiz Vaz de Camões and his mysteries[dead link]