He wrote fine poetry under his own name as well, and each of his voices is completely different in subject, temperament, and style. November 30, 1935 in the same city was a portuguese poet and writer. At thirteen pessoa returned to portugal for a yearlong visit, and returned there permanently in 1905. Fernando pessoas most popular book is the book of disquiet. With pessoas digitized private library online, the importance of english to pessoa has become indisputable, particularly in his formative years. Fernando pessoa was born in lisbon into a wellestablished middleclass family on june 1888. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. Written over the course of fernando pessoas life, the book of disquiet was first published in 1982, pieced together from the thousands of individual manuscript pages left behind after his death in 1935.
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Now this fragmentary modernist masterpiece appears in a major new edition that unites margaret jull costas celebrated translation with previously missing texts, presented for the first time in. Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. The critic harold bloom referred to him in the book the western canon as the most representative poet of the twentieth century, along with pablo neruda. By my side, this trivial, sinister accompaniment, the cracking clickclack of typewriters.
A poem, by fernando antonio nogueira pessoa this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Fernando pessoa minha patria e a lingua portuguesa. Fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Fernando pessoa gutenberg publisher series librarything. 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. Resta fernando pessoa ele mesmo, pouco mas ainda muito. During this time, pessoa became fluent in english and was educated in cape town and lisbon. Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry. The portuguese writer fernando pessoa complicates the idea of fictionality, by underscoring the fact that the personality of soares the fictional author of the book of disquiet is neither his own nor completely different, and showing how pessoa was constrained by his own creations and creativity. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon.
Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. Pessoas rapid prose, snatched in flight and restlessly suggestive, remains haunting, often startling, like the touch of a vibrating wire, elusive and persistent like the poetry. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. With pessoa s digitized private library online, the importance of english to pessoa has become indisputable, particularly in his formative years. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. 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. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics. Mais racional e frio, algo intelectual e pensativo, sem chegar a assumir a sua tristeza num desespero real e destrutivo.
He wrote under several identities, which he called heteronyms. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Fernando pessoa, 1888 1935 portuguese poet fernando pessoa was born in lisbon. Os heteronimos, diferentemente dos pseudonimos, sao personalidades poeticas completas.
A prolific writer, ascribing his work to a variety of personas or heteronyms, pessoa published little in his lifetime and supported himself by working as a commercial translator. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. The pedestal is adorned with magnificent figures depicting the rebuilding of lisbon after the great earthquake in 1755. Per questo, qualunque sia larte di andare o restare, del nostro corpo o spirito,tutto e statico e morto, solo lillusione ha passato e futuro, e in essa erriamo. Fall 2015 603 awell eknownpoetonceaskedmeifiwoulddohimthefavoroftransl ating. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Pessoa spent the formative years of his youth in south africa and was educated in the local schools where he received a thorough grounding in. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa pronounced fndu pso. Typewriting dactilografia i draw, alone in my engineers cubicle, the blueprint and sign the project, all alone in here, remote even from myself. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas death. This volume brings back into print the comprehensive collection of.
We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Cabisbaixo mas quase indefinido nas suas palavras bem medidas. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics ebook. 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. Poet fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon, portugal. City lights books, 1998, isbn 9780872863422 cs1 maint. Fernando pessoa has 733 books on goodreads with 162030 ratings. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. Fernando pessoa is portugals most important contemporary poet. Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me.
Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the family lived from 1896. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was a portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher. He cofounded of the literary journal orpheu and art journal athena and owned of the publishing houses empreza ibis and olisipo. A poem see other formats project gutenbergs antinous. 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. Now richard zenith has collected in a single volume all the major poetry of one of the most extraordinary poetic talents the century has produced microsoft networks.
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