Camões, Luís Vaz de

Japanese: カモンイス（英語表記）Camões， Luís Vaz de

Born: February 5, 1524 in Lisbon
Died June 10, 1580. Portuguese poet from Lisbon. He is said to have studied in Coimbra, and after frequent visits to the court of Dom João III, he went to Ceuta in North Africa in 1547, where he lost his right eye in a battle with the Moors. He returned to Portugal three years later, and during his one-year imprisonment for a duel, he wrote the first chapter of Os Lusíadas, an epic poem that celebrates Portugal's historical glory, with the voyage of Vasco da Gama as its theme. In 1553, he traveled to Macau via Goa, where he wrote six more chapters. He returned to Lisbon in 1570, and published the first edition of Os Lusíadas in 1572, but he spent his final years miserably, suffering from poverty and illness.

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Japanese:

[生]1524.2.5. リスボン
[没]1580.6.10. リスボン
ポルトガルの詩人。コインブラで学んだと伝えられ，ドン・ジョアン3世の宮廷に出入りしたのち，1547年北アフリカのセウタに赴き，ムーア人との戦いで右眼を失う。3年後に帰国し，決闘の罪で1年間獄につながれた間に，バスコ・ダ・ガマの航海を主題に，ポルトガルの歴史的栄光をたたえた叙事詩『ウス・ルジーアダス (ポルトガル人) 』 Os Lusíadasの第1章を書き上げ，1553年ゴアを経てマカオへ向かい，そこでさらに6章を書いた。 1570年リスボンに戻り，1572年に『ウス・ルジーアダス』の初版を出版したが，貧窮と病苦のため悲惨な晩年を送った。

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