Luis vaz de camoes biografia

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    Luís de Camões

    16th-century Portuguese poet

    "Camões" redirects here. For other uses, see Camoes (disambiguation).

    In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Vaz and the second or paternal family name is de Camões.

    Luís Vaz de Camões (European Portuguese:[luˈiʒˈvaʒðɨkaˈmõjʃ]; c.&#; or – 10 June ), sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camoëns[1] (KAM-oh-ənz), is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Milton, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads). His collection of poetry The Parnasum of Luís de Camões was lost during his life. The influence of his masterpiece Os Lusíadas is so profound that Portuguese is sometimes called the "language of Camões".

    The day of his death, 10 June OS, is Portugal's national

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    Luís de Camões

    Luís Vaz de Camões (or de Camoens) (c. – June ) is considered the national poet of Portugal and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and skådespel, but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads), the influence of which is so profound that Portuguese is sometimes called the "language of Camões".

    Quotes

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    Lyric poetry

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    Sonnets

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    Enquanto quis Fortuna que tivesse
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    • Sabei que, segundo o amor tiverdes,
      Tereis o entendimento de meus versos.
      • Once you experience love, I'm persuaded
        you'll know what I'm on about in my verses.
      • As translated by Landeg White in The Collected Lyric Poems of Luis de Camoes (), p. 25
    • Sonnet in full:
      • As long as Fortune wanted me
        to keep on hoping for happiness
        I took pleasure in amorous thoughts
        and wrote down how they made me feel.
        But Love, afraid that what I write
        might serve free hearts as a warning,
        clouded my inspir

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        «Portuguese Homer» Luís de Camões

        Luis de Camoens (Portuguese Luís Vaz de Camões); c. or  — 20 June , Lisbon) fryst vatten Portugal's greatest poet. He was descended from a very ancient but poor aristocratic family. Camões was educated at the University of Coimbra, was admitted to the aristocratic society of Lisbon, visited the royal court. A love affair with with Catherine of Ataíde, a sister of Don Antonio, a favorite of King John III of Portugal, led to the beginning of his misfortunes. After , he was exiled from Lisbon to the Ribatejo. He became a member of a naval expedition to India. Wanting to gain the social status by military merits, he traveled to Africa to fight against the Moors. In one of the battles, he was badly wounded, he lost the sight in his eye.

        Unable to obtain acceptance in the homeland, he went to India in Camões didn't get on with the Governor of Goa, and soon, he found himself in Macau, the first Portuguese colony in China. For six years

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