Fernão Álvares do Oriente
Fernão Álvares , called do Oriente , (* 1530 or 1540 in Goa ; † 1595 or between 1600 and 1607 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese soldier and writer whose only work contributed to the beginning of a national literature.
Life
He was born in Goa, then a Portuguese colony , and came from the lower nobility . He spent most of his life as a simple soldier in the Middle and Far East of Asia .
plant
With his work " Lusitania Transformada " (Transformed Lusitania ) he created the first shepherd novel in Portuguese and at the same time a work that took on the character of a source, mainly because of its vivid depiction of the cultures of China and India . His work was only published posthumously in 1607. It also contains numerous poems .
This novella - one of the few testimonies in Portuguese literature from the pen of a non-scholar - describes for the first time the life of Asian cultures from the point of view of a simple European.
literature
- Knaur's Lexicon of World Literature
- Major works of Spanish and Portuguese literature, Kindler's new lexicon.
Web links
- Works online and bibliography (Portuguese)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oriente, Fernão Álvares do |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Álvares, Fernão (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese soldier and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1530 or 1540 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goa |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 1595 and 1607 |
| Place of death | Lisbon |