Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo

Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo (c. 1570-c. 1619) was a Portuguese poet, known for his epic poems.

Although Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo e Castelo Branco is regarded as one of greatest Portuguese poets, very little is known about his personal life.

[9] The work that is always connected with the name of Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo is a long epic poem Afonso Africano that was published in 1611.

It narrates about Portuguese military expedition to Morocco led by king Afonso V who was later called the African for his great deeds.

[10] Both mentioned poems are written in ottava rima, a stanza of eight lines with rhyme scheme abababcc[11] (in Portuguese oitava-rima).