Francisco de Sá de Miranda

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Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1485-1558), pron. IPA: [fɾɐ̃'siʃku dɨ sa dɨ mi'ɾɐ̃ðɐ], was a Portuguese poet, was the son of a canon of Coimbra belonging to the ancient and noble family of Sa, and passed his early years by the banks of the river Mondego, considered a source of inspiration to many other poets. He probably made his first studies of Greek, Latin and philosophy in one of the colleges of the Old City, and in 1505 went to University of Lisbon (the University of Coimbra had moved to Lisbon in 1380) to study law, beginning at the same time to frequent hunting. He chose to devote his time to writing poetry. He died in 1558.

He wrote in both Portuguese and Spanish. Of his eight ecologues, six are in Spanish, only two in Portuguese. His complete works were often reprinted; the best edition is that of 1885 at Halle, with biography by Carolina Michäelis de Vasconcellos.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.