Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo (c. 1570-c. 1619) was a Portuguese poet, known for his epic poems.
Biography Although Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo e Castelo Branco is regarded as one of greatest Portuguese poets, very little is known about his personal life. He was born around 1570 and died around 1619. He studied law at the University of Coimbra.http://alfarrabio.di.uminho.pt/vercial/quevedo.htm Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo e Castelo Branco at Projecto Vercial. He wrote both lyrical poetry and epic poems.Cristina Azevedo Tavares, A escultura do Chiado da Lisboa romântica à Lisboa dos nossos dias.
Works Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo wrote some short poems, for example sonnets, but is known for long poems. He is regarded as an important successor of Luis de Camões.Regina Zilberman, O Ano da Morte de Ricardo Reis - História e não-História. His first big work is Discurso sobre a Vida e Morte de Santa Isabel Rainha de PortugalMaria Lucília Pires, O Discurso sobre a vida e morte de Santa Isabel rainha de Portugal de Vasco Mouzinho de Castelbranco (in Portugues). which was published in Lisbon 1596 under the title Discurso sobre a Vida e Morte de Santa Isabel Rainha de Portugal e Outras Várias Rimas. The work that is always connected with the name of Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo is a long epic poem Afonso Africano that was published in 1611. It narrates about Portuguese military expedition to Morocco led by king Afonso V who was later called the African for his great deeds. This war was seen and described as a modern crusade.Ewa Łukaszyk, Wyprawa zamorska jako zdrada i wyzwolenie w doświadczeniach iberyjskich między V a XVII wiekiem (in Polish).
Both mentioned poems are written in ottava rima, a stanza of eight lines with rhyme scheme abababcc (in Portuguese oitava-rima).
References
External links Extracts from Discurso sobre a Vida e Morte de Santa Isabel Rainha de Portugal and Afonso Africano at projecto vercial.