For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Occupation, poet, writer, translator and philosopher. Merparten av hans litterara verk publicerades postumt. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics firm, records impressions he doesnt expect to see. Fernando pessoa, 1888 1935 portuguese poet fernando pessoa was born in lisbon.
Dec 04, 2010 t he melancholy writer fernando pessoa, who died 75 years ago this week, was likely unaware of the effect he would have on portugal decades later. Fernando pessoa, recognized as the greatest poet of the portuguese language was born on th of june 1888 in lisbon, portugal. He is distinguished as the most momentous literary figure of the 20th century who played a major role in the development of modernism in his country. A newly published english translation, by margaret jull costa, is called the book of disquiet. The statement is possible since pessoa, whose name means person in portuguese, had three alter egos who wrote in styles completely different from his own. Suivez fernando pessoa et explorez sa bibliographie sur sa page dauteur fernando pessoa sur. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. Antonio tabucchi, i have found only a book about the portuguese and brazilian.
Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet. The book of disquiet preface by fernando pessoa 3 a factless autobiography 9 a disquiet anthology 393 appendix i. During his life, most of pessoa s considerable creative output appeared only in journals, and he published just three collections of poetry in english antinous 1918, sonnets 1918, and english poems 1921and one collection in portuguese, mensagem 1933. It is made up of a series of vignettes, running from between one line to five pages each, with musings and maxims on philosophy and literature, politics and loneliness, dreams and psychology. By bernardo soares, assistant bookkeeper in the city of lisbon. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user. Fernando pessoa s most popular book is the book of disquiet. Hans storhet har gradvis uppdagats och saval jose saramago 1998 som gao xingjian 2000 berorde pessoa i sina nobelforelasningar. Juin, 1888 november 30, 1935, commonly kent as fernando pessoa, wis a portuguese poet, writer, leeterar creetic, translator, publisher an filosofer, descrived as ane o the maist signeeficant leeterar feegurs o the 20t century an ane o the greatest poets in the portuguese leid. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric.
He wrote under several identities, which he called heteronyms. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon, portugal, on june, 1888. His father died when pessoa was five years old, and the family moved with his mothers new husband, a consul, to durban, south africa, where pessoa attended an english school. Yet it was not until 1934 that his first book in portuguese, mensagem message, appeared. Fernando pessoa has 733 books on goodreads with 162557 ratings. The first publication of the book was in 1982, nearly fifty years after pessoas death. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa, fodd juni 1888 i lissabon, portugal, dod 30 november 1935 i lissabon i akut pankreatit, var en portugisisk forfattare, poet och filosof. Veja mais ideias sobre fernando pessoa, frases fernando pessoa e poesias fernando pessoa. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. B of d is a work of pure genius written in gloriously lyrical, existential prose. The publication was credited to bernardo soares, one of the authors alternate writing names, which he called semiheteronyms, and had a.
The book, published almost 50 years after pessoas death, was composed from thousands of loose sheets stored in a trunk with no clear order or structure. Aqui fez os estudos secundarios, obtendo resultados brilhantes. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. Pages in category fernando pessoa the following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Poet fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon, portugal. Fall 2015 603 awell eknownpoetonceaskedmeifiwoulddohimthefavoroftransl ating. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer. It attracted little attention, and pessoa died the next year a virtual unknown. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Fernando pessoa was one of the most powerful figures of the portuguese literary world who significantly contributed to portuguese literature of the 20 th century. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa.
Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author. Maria magdalena pinheiro nogueira pessoa, natural dos acores. Fernando pessoa 18881935, the portuguese poet, literary critic, and essayist, is one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century. Casa fernando pessoa wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Texts citing the name of vicente guedes 465 appendix ii. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa.
Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. Reflections on the book of disquiet from pessoa s writings 471 notes 477 table of heteronyms 505 show more. Fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. Fernando pessoas most popular book is the book of disquiet. He was a poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher. Fernando pessoa e o mais universal poeta portugues. Only two issues were published janfebmar and aprmayjun 1915, the third failed to appear due to funding difficulties. The complete edition new directions, and it is based on a portuguese edition by jeronimo pizarro. Pessoa is a profoundly introspective and honest writer who defined existential themes based upon his frank study of his own life and dreams. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Fernando pessoa is portugals most important contemporary poet. His father died when he was young and his mother married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa where they lived from 1896 to 1951. The book of disquiet, fernando pessoa livro bertrand.
He wrote fine poetry under his own name as well, and each of his voices is completely different in subject, temperament, and style. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Fernando pessoa est surement le poete portugais moderne le plus connu dans le monde. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. He also wrote in and translated from english and french. He published his first book of poetry in english, antinous, in 1918 and subsequently published two others. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography.
During this time, pessoa became fluent in english and was educated in cape town and lisbon. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa, mais conhecido como fernando pessoa, foi um poeta, filosofo e escritor portugues. Fernando pessoa 18881935 a poet who lived most his life in lisbon, portugal, and who died in obscurity there has in recent years gained international recognition as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Living fernando pessoas dreamlife in lisbon literary hub. Publicada apenas um ano antes da morte do autor, a obra trata do glorioso. We dont know when or if this item will be back in stock. A modernist masterwork that has now taken on a similar iconic status to ulysses, the trial or in search of lost time, fernando pessoa s the book of disquiet is edited and translated with an introduction by richard zenith in penguin modern classics.
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