Francisco de Sá de Miranda

Francisco de Sá de Miranda ( * August 28 1485 in Coimbra, † May 17 1558 in Amares ) was a Portuguese poet.

Life

Miranda was born the son of a noble family in Coimbra and studied at the University of Lisbon, where he received his doctorate in jurisprudence ( 1516) and at the royal court of the Portuguese King Manuel I wrong. 1521, he went to Italy where she learned through direct contact with the most important Italian literary personalities of the age to know the poetic forms of the Renaissance. On his return to Lisbon in 1526, he led there a sonnet, the pastoral poem and the Italian versification. His comedy "Os Estrangeiros " (1527 ) was the first Portuguese play the classic style New versification can also be found in his " Fabula do Mondego " and in his pastoral poem " Aleixo ". In 1530 he married, left Lisbon and settled on his estate in Alto Minho. His seals were peppered from now on with criticism of the Portuguese society. His most important pastoral poem " Basto " ( 1532) consists of a long debate between two shepherds. " Cartas " and other satires directed against social corruption and growing materialism. Although his works first appeared in 1595, his influence on the Portuguese seal even during his lifetime was palpable.