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Luís de Camões

Luís Vaz de Camões 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.

Luís Vaz de Camões foi um poeta nacional de Portugal, considerado uma das maiores figuras da literatura lusófona e um dos grandes poetas da tradição ocidental.

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Born 1524?
Died 1580?

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  • Cover of: The Lusiads of Camoens

    Cover of edition oslusiadasdeluiz00camo_0 Cover of edition oslusiadasdeluiz00camo_2 Cover of edition oslusiadas00camo Cover of edition oslusiadas00camo_0 Cover of edition oslusiadaspoemae00camo Cover of edition lusiadasluizdeca00camo Cover of edition lusiadadicamoens00camo Cover of edition loslusiadasdelui00camo Cover of edition dielusiadenheroi00camo First published in 1572 — 366 editions
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  • Cover of: Poems from the Portuguese of Luis de Camoens

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  • Cover of: Obras completas: Ed. critica com as mais notaveis variantes

    Cover of edition obrascompletas03cam Cover of edition obrascompletas01camuoft Cover of edition obrascompletas04camuoft Cover of edition obrascompsilvaf01cam Cover of edition obrascompletasd01camgoog First published in 1834 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: O episodio de D. Inez de Castro: excerpto do canto III dos Lusiadas

    First published in 1875 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Seventy sonnets of Camoens.: Portuguese text and translation. With original poems.

    First published in 1881 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Os Lusíadas ; Volume 2

    First published in 2018 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Luís de Camões: lírica, épica, teatro, cartas

    First published in 1944 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Rimas de Luis de Camões

    First published in 1585 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Os Lusíadas

    First published in 1991 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: I Lusiadi...

    First published in 2018 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Selected Sonnets: A Bilingual Edition

    First published in 2008 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Obras

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  • Cover of: Rimas, autos e cartas

    First published in 1978 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Auto dos Anfitriões de Camões

    First published in 1942 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Lírica completa

    First published in 1980 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Teatro Completo de Camões

    First published in 2005 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Lusiads of Camoens; Volume 1

    First published in 2022 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Poesias lyricas selectas de Luiz de Camões, publicadas pela v. de V.M.

    First published in 1876 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Obras de Luis de Camões ...

    First published in 1779 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Babel e sião

    First published in 1963 — 2 editions
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Born 1524?
Died 1580?

Subjects

Poetry (poetic works by one author), Portuguese Sonnets, Translations into English, Poetry, Criticism and interpretation, Portuguese poetry, Discovery and exploration, History, Textual Criticism, Explorers, Portuguese, Portuguese literature, Amphitryon (Greek mythology), Anniversaries, Appreciation, Asia, Biography, Brazilian Patriotic poetry, Brazilian Sonnets, Broadsides, CPJCB, Camoens, Classical period, Colonies, Concordances

Places

India, Portugal, Brazil, Calicut. Merinda., Rio de Janeiro

People

Luís de Camões (1524?-1580), Vasco da Gama (1469-1524), Bacchus, Fernando de Azevedo (1894-1974), Inês de Castro (d. 1355), J. J. Aubertin (1818-1900), Luís de, 1524?-1580 Camões, Vasco da Gama, Venus

Time

Period of discoveries, 1385-1580, 16th century, Anniversaries, etc., 1880, Babylonian captivity, 598-515 B.C., From mythical pre-history of Portugal until early 1500s A.D., descoberta do caminho marítimo para a Índia

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Alternative names

  • Luís Vaz de Camões
  • Camoens
  • Luiz de Camões
  • Luis de Camões, Camões
  • Camoëns

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April 3, 2023 Edited by sunrisepianomonkey Added link
April 3, 2023 Edited by sunrisepianomonkey Added short bio based on WikiP; added better photo; added aliases; added IDs
April 3, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
April 3, 2023 Edited by sunrisepianomonkey Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import