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Luís Vaz de Camões (Portuguese pronunciation: [luˈiʒ ˈvaʒ ðɨ kaˈmõjʃ]; c. 1524 or 1525 – 10 June 1580), sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camoëns (/ ˈ k æ m oʊ ə n z / KAM-oh-ənz), is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet.
Luís de Camões was Portugal’s great national poet, author of the epic poem Os Lusíadas (1572; The Lusiads), which describes Vasco da Gama’s discovery of the sea route to India. Camões had a permanent and unparalleled impact on Portuguese and Brazilian literature alike, due to not only his epic but.
Luís de Camões, (born c. 1524/25, Lisbon—died June 10, 1580, Lisbon), Portuguese poet. A member of the impoverished aristocracy, he may have spent about 17 years in India.
Os Lusíadas (Portuguese pronunciation: [uʒ luˈzi.ɐðɐʃ]), usually translated as The Lusiads, is a Portuguese epic poem written by Luís Vaz de Camões (c. 1524/5 – 1580) and first published in 1572.
Pouco se sabe com certeza sobre a sua vida. Aparentemente nasceu em Lisboa, de uma família da pequena nobreza. Sobre a sua infância tudo é conjetura mas, ainda jovem, terá recebido uma sólida educação nos moldes clássicos, dominando o latim e conhecendo a literatura e a história antigas e modernas.
Luís de Camões (b. 1524?–d. 1579/1580) is the first great Western poet to have lived in Africa and Asia and is now widely considered to be a preeminent literary symbol of the beginnings of the globalized world.
Luís de Camões - Poetry, Epic, Lusiads: Camões’s poetical works may conveniently be discussed under three headings: lyric, epic, and dramatic. The first edition of Camões’s Rimas was published in 1595, 15 years after his death.
