Luís de Camões

Luís Vaz de Camões
Born	c.1524
Died	June 10, 1580 Lisbon
Occupation	Writer
Genres	Poetry

Luís Vaz de Camões (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.)

Works

• Os Lusíadas
• The Parnasum of Luís Vaz (lost)

Biography

The definitive biography is Life of Camões, by John Adamson, published by Longman in 1820.

Bibliography

English

• 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

Trivia

• Today, a museum dedicated to Camões can be found in Macau, the Museu Luís de Camões.

Other websites

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Luís de Camões

• 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