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Luís Vaz De Camões

Luís Vaz De Camões

Luís Vaz De Camões

Luís Vaz De Camões

Luís de Camões was a Portuguese poet considered one of the greatest figures of Lusophone literature. Learn more about his eventful life and his most famous work, “Os Lusíadas”.

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  • 00:00:03Luís Vaz de Camões é o autor d'Os Lusíadas, o poema épico sobre os descobrimentos portugueses. Luís Vaz de Camões is the author of Os Lusíadas, the epic poem about the Portuguese discoveries.
  • 00:00:12Não existem muitos dados sobre a sua vida, There is not much data on his life,
  • 00:00:16mas supõe-se que nasceu em Lisboa em mil quinhentos e vinte e quatro. but he is supposed to have been born in Lisbon in 1524.
  • 00:00:22Era membro de uma aristocracia de poucos valores e dinheiro, He was a member of an aristocracy with few values and [little] money,
  • 00:00:27mas com suficiente para este estudar em Coimbra. but with enough for him to study in Coimbra.
  • 00:00:32Anos mais tarde, dá-se um dos acontecimentos mais célebres da vida de Luís de Camões, Years later, one of the most famous events in the life of Luís de Camões occurs,
  • 00:00:39quando em Ceuta perde um olho durante um confronto militar, segundo conta a história. when in Ceuta he loses an eye during a military confrontation, as the story goes.
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