Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa ou fernando pessoa foi um poeta, filosofo e escritor portugues. Fernando pessoa s books fernando pessoa average rating. His metaphysical preoccupations live side by side with disconcerting contrasts between two levels of awareness. The english translations i offer after reading prof. Published for the first time some fifty years after his death, this unique collection of short, aphoristic paragraphs comprises the autobiography of bernardo soares, one of pessoas alternate. During this time, pessoa became fluent in english and was educated in cape town and lisbon. Fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. He wrote fine poetry under his own name as well, and each of his voices is completely different in subject, temperament, and style. Consulta mais ideias sobre frases fernando pessoa, poesias fernando pessoa e fernando pessoa. Ventura eu, fernando pessoa em quadrinhos pessoa plural. Pessoa is a profoundly introspective and honest writer who defined existential themes based upon his frank study of his own life and dreams. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer.
Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. Fernando pessoa is portugals most important contemporary poet. 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. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. Como nao fiz proposito nenhum, talvez tudo fosse nada. Fernando pessoa, born fernando antonio nogueira pessoa june, 1888 november 30, 1935, was a portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher, described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the portuguese language.
It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. He wrote prose and poetry under an array of personae he called heteronyms, many of. Fernando pessoa, one of the most original poets of european modernism, was born in lisbon on the th june 1888.
Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. 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. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u.
He wrote prose and poetry under an array of personae he called heteronyms, many of which had their own sub. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. Dec 24, 2015 published for the first time some fifty years after his death, this unique collection of short, aphoristic paragraphs comprises the autobiography of bernardo soares, one of pessoa s alternate. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. I cant tell which of the three englishlanguage editions of the book of disquiet ive read. He doubts the reality of things and discerns an infinite number of layers in this reality. Fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. 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. Along with his profession, as freelance commercial translator, fernando pessoa. I want pessoa to be as great as the version zenith presents. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. He wrote under several identities, which he called heteronyms.
Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. Harlands versions are intended as an extra incentive for students to read the originals which i have individually explained in portuguese. 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. Mensagem message by fernando pessoa english version. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa, nasceu em lisboa, freg. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography.
B of d is a work of pure genius written in gloriously lyrical, existential prose. Smashwords about fernado pessoa, author of 35 sonnets. In 1905 he left for south africa with his mother and stepfather who had been appointed portuguese consul in durban. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. The statement is possible since pessoa, whose more. Fernando pessoa the writer university fernando pessoa. A parte isso, tenho em mim todos os sonhos do mundo. Aug 30, 2016 pessoa, who died in 1935, is now considered portugals finest modernist. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. 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. Maria magdalena pinheiro nogueira pessoa, natural dos acores. 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.