Nuno Rodrigues de Candarei (or Candarey) was a Galician-Portuguese troubadour active roughly in the period 1220–1260.
~==Life== Little is known of Nuno's biography. Even whether he was from Galicia or Portugal is uncertain.Nuno Rodrigues de Candarei at Cantigas medievais galego-portuguesas.
If Galician, he may have been the son of Rodrigo Pais de Candrei, who is recorded as a vassal of Count Rodrigo Gómez de Traba between 1214 and 1230. Rodrigo Pais is known to have accompanied his lord in the service of King Ferdinand III along with one of his sons. Nuno may also have been related to Mendo de Candarei, to whom Alfonso X addressed some poems.
If Portuguese, he may have been the brother of Mem Rodrigues de Gondarei, recorded in 1258, or of Mor Rodrigues de Candarei, wife of Gomes Viegas de Basto.
Based on a double attribution, it has been suggested that Nuno Rodrigues and Nuno Porco are the same person, the latter being an unflattering nickname., rejects this hypothesis.
Works Nuno wrote at least three :
Bem devíades, mia senhor En gran coita vivo, sennor Em que grave dia, senhor, [em] que me vos Deus fez veer!
One other is attributed to him with less certainty, Nostro Senhor, em que vos mereci. In addition, a longer variant of En gran coita vivo with the same opening lines is preserved attributed to . It may be a kind of , a reworking of Nuno's poem. This theory originated with Mariagrazia Russo. calls the theory "unconventional ... though not impossible."
Canadian poet Erín Moure has published a translation/reworking of Em gram coita vivo in The Capilano Review.
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