Luis Vaz de Camoes
Born	c.1524
Died	( 1580-06-10 ) June 10, 1580 Lisbon
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Poetry
Notable works	Os Lusiadas

Luis Vaz de Camoes ^[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 Lusiadas . (His philosophical work The Parnasum of Luis Vaz was lost, stolen with part of Os Lusiadas by envious enemies while he was staying at Mozambique .)

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• Os Lusiadas

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 Luis Vaz (lost)

Legacy [ change | change source ]

Today, a museum dedicated to Camoes can be found in Macau , the Museu Luis de Camoes.

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English [ change | change source ]

• A biography about Camoes is Life of Camoes , by John Adamson , published by Longman in 1820.
• Luis de Camoes: 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 Camoes / 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 Camoes / Bacon, Leonard., 1966
• The Presence of Camoes / Monteiro, George., 1996
• The Lusiads / White, Landeg., 2002

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luis de Camoes .

• Works by Luis de Camoes at Project Gutenberg
• Luis Vaz de Camoes - Catholic Encyclopedia article
• Fulgrosse's Blog about Luiz Vaz de Camoes and his mysteries ^{[ permanent dead link ]}