- Francisco de Moraes
Francisco de Moraes Cabral (also spelled Francisco de Morais Cabral) (1500? - 1572) was a Portuguese
writer . Born in Braganza, he served as personal secretary to the Portuguese ambassador inFrance , and composed, during two voyages toParis (1540 and 1546), achivalric romance called "Palmerin d’Angleterre" ("Palmeirim de Inglaterra"; "Palmerin of England"), a "spin-off" of the popularAmadis de Gaula series.Moraes' work would also obtain considerable success across
Europe . Because of its title, it was particularly successful inEngland , where it was reprinted several times. A Spanish translation was made by Luis Hurtado in 1547, preceding the actual publication of the Portuguese text in 1567. It was translated from the Portuguese by Eugène-François Garay de Montglave and can be found in E. Renduel, "Bibliothèque portugaise Warnier", 1829, Paris, 4 vol.He also wrote an autobiographical work called "Desculpas de uns amores", set in
France , which was published posthumously in 1624. He died atÉvora .ources
* [http://www.librairie-compagnie.fr/portugal/auteurs/morais.htm Auteurs: Francisco de Morais]
* [http://itletteratura.net/letteratura/Morais%20Cabral-%20Francisco%20de--3268.html Letteratura e media]
* [http://pages.ripco.net/~clevin/iberlit.html Iberian Chivalric literature]
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