The New International Encyclopædia/Sá de Miranda

SÁ DE MIRANDA, sā dā̇ mē̇-rändȧ, Francisco de (c.1495–1558). A Portuguese poet, who wrote in Spanish also. He was born in Coimbra, studied law at Lisbon, traveled in Spain and Italy, and gave up all chance of advancement at Court or on the bench to devote himself to poetry. Save for a few of his pastorals, all his work bears the impress of the Italian school, and he is ranked first of the 'Petrarchists' in Spain and Portugal. Of his eight eclogues, six are in Spanish, and only two in Portuguese. As an innovator in the drama he was unsuccessful, his plays arousing no popular interest. His complete works, published first at Lisbon in 1595, were often reprinted; the best edition is that of 1885 at Halle, with biography by Karoline Michaelis-Vasconcellos.