Ribeiro, Bernardim

Ribeiro, Bernardim

▪ Portuguese writer
born c. 1482, Torrão, Port.
died October 1552, Lisbon

      Portuguese poet and prose writer who introduced the pastoral style to Portugal in five idylls, or eclogues, and a prose romance. His lyrical treatment of the yearnings of unrequited love provided models for the tradition of the saudade (poem of longing) that profoundly influenced the development of Portuguese literature.

      Ribeiro was the son of a treasurer in the household of the Duke de Viseu. He studied law at the university in Lisbon between 1507 and 1512. Later he frequented the court of King Manuel I, where, according to tradition, he fell in love with one of the court ladies, who, however, rejected him. Ribeiro probably spent the years 1521–24 in Italy. On his return in 1524, he was appointed secretary to King John III. His last years were clouded by a mental disorder.

      Ribeiro also wrote the chivalric and pastoral romance Livro das saudades (1554–57; “Book of Yearnings”). This prose work, better known by its opening words as Menina e moca (“Childhood and Adolescence”), is generally considered a masterpiece of Portuguese literature of the Renaissance. Innovative in its use of prose, Ribeiro's tale established a stylistic tradition that has endured as a major force in Portuguese literature.

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