Luís de Camões

Luís Vaz de Camões
Luís Vaz de Camões
Born	c.1524
Died	June 10, 1580; Lisbon
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Poetry
Notable works	Os Lusíadas

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.)

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.

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^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] ronounced luˈiʃ vaʃ dɨ kaˈmõĩʃ; sometimes rendered in English from old Portuguese as Camoens

[WDL-2] "The Lusiads". World Digital Library. 1800–1882. Retrieved 2013-09-02.

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