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Luís de Camões

1524 - 1580

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Luís Vaz de Camões (European Portuguese: [luˈiʒ ˈvaʒ ðɨ kaˈmõjʃ]; c. 1524 or 1525 – 10 June 1580), sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camoëns ( KAM-oh-ənz), is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of Shakespeare, Milton, Vondel, Homer, Virgil and Dante. He wrote a considerable amount of lyrical poetry and drama but is best remembered for his epic work Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luís de Camões has received more than 654,295 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Luís de Camões is the 196th most popular writer (up from 220th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 13th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Portuguese Writer.

Luís de Camões is most famous for his epic poem, The Lusiads.

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  • 650k

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  • 76.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 86

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Luís de Camões ranks 196 out of 7,302. Before him are Eckhart Tolle, Janusz Korczak, Lu Xun, Al-Masudi, Friedrich Hölderlin, and Juvenal. After him are Roald Dahl, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, William Blake, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Lou Andreas-Salomé, and Khalil Gibran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1524, Luís de Camões ranks 2. Before him is Selim II. After him are Pierre de Ronsard, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Joseph Nasi, Diego de Landa, Louise Labé, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Rani Durgavati, François Hotman, and Plautilla Nelli. Among people deceased in 1580, Luís de Camões ranks 2. Before him is Andrea Palladio. After him are Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain, Lala Mustafa Pasha, Henry, King of Portugal, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Ruy López de Segura, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Inés Suárez, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, and Juliana of Stolberg.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Luís de Camões ranks 12 out of 633. Before him are Cristiano Ronaldo (1985), António de Oliveira Salazar (1889), António Guterres (1949), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), and Fernando Pessoa (1888). After him are Manuel I of Portugal (1469), José Mourinho (1963), Afonso I of Portugal (1109), Pedro I of Brazil (1798), Pope John XXI (1215), and Isabella of Portugal (1503).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Luís de Camões ranks 3. Before him are José Saramago (1922), and Fernando Pessoa (1888). After him are Denis of Portugal (1261), José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845), Judah Leon Abravanel (1460), Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Luís Fróis (1532), Almeida Garrett (1799), and Tomé Pires (1468).

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