Luís de Camões

E12959

16th-century writer Portuguese poet person poet writer

Luís de Camões was a 16th-century Portuguese poet, best known for his epic work "Os Lusíadas," and is widely regarded as Portugal’s greatest literary figure.

Aliases (1)

de Camões ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	16th-century writer → Portuguese poet → person → poet → writer →
burialPlace	Igreja de Santa Maria de Belém → Jerónimos Monastery →
canonizedBy	Portuguese literary canon →
commemoratedBy	Portugal Day →
commemoratedOn	10 June →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Portugal →
dateOfBirth	circa 1524 →
dateOfDeath	10 June 1580 →
describedBySource	Os Lusíadas → Rimas →
educatedAt	University of Coimbra →
ethnicGroup	Portuguese people →
familyName	de Camões →
gender	male →
genre	epic → sonnet →
givenName	Luís →
hasCulturalDepiction	statue of Luís de Camões in Lisbon →
hasPart	Canto I of Os Lusíadas → Canto X of Os Lusíadas →
influenced	Eça de Queirós → Fernando Pessoa → Portuguese literature →
influencedBy	Homer → Petrarch → Virgil →
languageOfWorkOrName	Portuguese →
literaryGenre	epic poetry → lyric poetry →
movement	Renaissance →
name	Luís de Camões →
nationality	Portuguese →
nativeLanguage	Portuguese →
notableFor	authoring the epic poem Os Lusíadas → being regarded as Portugal’s greatest poet →
notableWork	Auto de Filodemo → Os Lusíadas → Rimas →
occupation	poet → soldier →
placeOfBirth	Kingdom of Portugal → Lisbon →
placeOfDeath	Kingdom of Portugal → Lisbon →
religion	Catholicism →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Auto de Filodemo → Os Lusíadas → Rimas → The Machine of the World →	author
Auto de Filodemo → Rimas → The Machine of the World →	creator
António Gonçalves → Portugal Day →	associatedWith
Council of the Gods → The Island of Love →	createdBy
Rimas →	attributedTo
Jerónimos Monastery →	containsTombOf
Portugal Day →	culturalFigure
Luís de Camões ("de Camões") →	familyName
Portugal Day →	honours
Luís de Camões →	name
Auto de Filodemo →	notableWorkOf