The exhibition brings together editions of Os Lusíadas preserved by the centre, from the 1572 edition to the commented one from 1639.
The king Felipe VI and the president of Portugal, António José Seguro, inaugurated this Tuesday, 3rd November, at the National Library of Spain an exhibition dedicated to Luis de Camões to mark the 500th anniversary of his birth. According to 20minutos, the exhibition also explores the history of Spain and Portugal through literature.
The exhibition, titled Camões: life, work and survival in Hispanic culture, is curated by Aurelio Vargas Díaz-Toledo and is organised into four sections. The first covers the background and historical and literary context of Portugal, featuring works and classic authors from the Iberian Peninsula and Italy who influenced the writer's work.
The inauguration takes place on the eve of the XXX Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, which is being held in Madrid. The Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, accompanied both leaders on their tour of the exhibition.
The following sections review Camões' production and its impact on literature in the Spanish language. Works preserved by the National Library are displayed, from the earliest editions of Os Lusíadas from 1572, through Spanish translations, theatre, and poetry, to the commented edition by Manuel de Faria e Sousa published in Madrid in 1639.
The projection of Camões in Hispanic culture occupies the final section, featuring works by Rosalía de Castro, Francisco Villaespesa, and Jorge Luis Borges. The exhibition concludes with the writer Antonio Muñoz Molina, whose book Un andar solitario entre la gente takes its title from a sonnet by Camões.
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