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Little is known of his turbulent life. He is considered the major figure in Portuguese writing. Author of the epic Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads). Poet and playwright. His presence has influenced the whole of Portuguese literary production.
«Camões acknowledged and reflected on the experience of a whole civilisation whose contradictions he felt within himself and sought to overcome through artistic creation» |
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| But gradually as we sailed our native mountains disappeared from sight As we left behind our Tagus and the cools hills Of Sintra, and our eyes looked longingly upon them; We also left our beloved land The heart, that sorrow left there And, soon after it all was gone, Finally, we saw nothing but sky and sea. Thus we were launched upon the seas Where no generation had set sail, The new Islands coming and new airs That generous Henry discovered, The Mountains and places of Mauritania, A land possessed, in times, by Antaeus That lies to our left, there to our right Another is uncertain but suspected. Os Lusíadas, Canto V, 3 e 4 |
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