Luís Vaz de Camões

Portguese poet

1524 CE to 1580 CE

Luís Vaz de Camões (sometimes rendered in English as Camoens; c. 1524 – 10 June 1580) is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet.

His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante.

He writes a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads).

His recollection of poetry, The Parnasum of Luís de Camões, is lost in his lifetime.

The influence of his masterpiece Os Lusíadas in Portuguese is so profound that it is called the "language of Camões".

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