Caramuru (epic Poem)
Caramuru is an epic poem written by Brazilian Augustinian friar Santa Rita Durão. It was published in 1781, and it is one of the most famous Indianist works of the Brazilian Neoclassicism — the other being Basílio da Gama's O Uraguai.
Inspired by Luís de Camões' The Lusiads, it is divided in ten cantos. The poem tells the story of the famous Portuguese sailor Diogo Álvares Correia, known as "Caramuru" (Tupi for "Son of the Thunder"), who shipwrecked on the shores of what is today the State of Bahia and had to live among the Indians. The poem also alludes to Correia's wife, Catarina Paraguaçu, as being able to foresee the Dutch invasions of Brazil.
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