#93 Luís de Camões

Classic and eternal Portuguese writer.

“Times change, as do our wills, What we are — is ever changing; All the world is made of change, And forever attaining new qualities.”

Once a week I decided to show you some of my favorite Portuguese writers, and there are so many! Authors who made my love for reading and writing increase with each year at school, each book and poem I wrote. Consequently, my whole view of the world changed also, seeing beauty much more often and enjoying life! So I hope you like it!

This week I bring you Luís Vaz de Camões.

Luís Vaz de Camões (1524?-1580) is the author of the Lusíadas, the epic poem about the Portuguese discoveries. The importance of his work was only recognized after his death. He had a life full of difficulties.

There is not much biographical information on the life of Luís de Camões, but the one that became public almost three decades after his death suggests that he was probably born in Lisbon in 1524 or 1525. A member of an aristocracy with little money, it is assumed that studied in Coimbra. As a way of life, he seeks the luck of arms and is suspected to have been in Ceuta where, in a military confrontation with the Moors, he lost an eye.

In Lisbon he is known for his unrestrained life and is even arrested for a robbery in which he…