Luís de Camões (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Born in 1524, Luís Vaz de Camões (kuh-MOYNSH)—his name is also sometimes written Camoëns—has the distinction of having two cities, Lisbon and Coimbra, claim him as a native son. Modern scholarship has been unable to determine with certainty which city is correct in its claim, but Lisbon presents a somewhat better case. Camões apparently was educated at the University of Coimbra, a flourishing university in the sixteenth century, thanks to the patronage of King Joao III of Portugal. In the middle 1540’s Camões left the university for Lisbon. A tradition no longer believed...
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