Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. He wrote fine poetry under his own name as well, and each of his voices is completely different in subject, temperament, and style. Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. Fernando pessoa e o mais universal poeta portugues. 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. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. The book of disquiet is funny, lifeaffirming, and, of course, desperately sad. My fascination with pessoa produced a huge output of paintings and drawings that culminated in the identity parade exhibition. 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. He also wrote in and translated from english and french. On the face of it, a patriotic sequence steeped in sebastianismo, the poems offer much more than this, the kings and navigators of the portugals history standing as avatars of the poets self, their explorations and heroic deeds projections of the poets inner creative life. At the age of 18, he arrived in lisbon and promptly had his first book of poems accepted by fernando pessoas publisher.
Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa, mais conhecido como fernando pessoa, foi um poeta, filosofo e escritor portugues. This volume brings back into print the comprehensive collection of. He returned to lisbon in 1905 and worked as a clerk in an importexport. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Consulta mais ideias sobre fernando pessoa, frases fernando pessoa e poesias fernando pessoa. Il suo nome completo era fernando antonio nogueira pessoa. The collected poems of alberto caeiro by fernando pessoa 1,912 ratings, 4. Collective exhibition about some extracts of fernando pessoa s book livro do desassossego. In the preface to the book of disquiet, pessoa wrote about himself. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u.
A few years later, he left portugal for london, where he made immediate inroads in londons literary crowd. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Message mensagem was the only book of verse in his own language that pessoa saw through the press in his lifetime. Fernando pessoa nostalgia da infancia linkedin slideshare. Ultima residencia do poeta, actual casa fernando pessoa.
Fernando pessoa fernando pessoa 18851931 was a poet who invented a number of characters, or alter egos, which he called his heteronyms. He moved to durban, south africa, as a child, becoming bilingual portuguese, english. Oscar wilde, fernando pessoa, and the art of lying jstor. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoa s death. The book includes four poems by fernando pessoa himself, and two each respectively by his three major heteronyms, each translation accompanied by the portuguese text handwritten by four different people, referring of course, to those four major persons who authored pessoa s poetry. See more ideas about fernando pessoa, words and quotes. The collected poems of alberto caeiro quotes by fernando.
Alberto was born on september 20, 1928 on the island of mozambique to a colonial portuguese family. To see and feel, he says, makes me feel a great hope, but i realise that hope is literary. 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. 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. I wont go into a drawn out eulogy about fernando pessoa and this magnificent book just but it and see and then forever after, whenever you pick it up to read or dip into, youll be in a prosepoetic wonderland possibly the mostloved of all the books ive ever had. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. He grew up in durban, south africa, where his stepfather was portuguese consul. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. The book of disquiet penguin classics pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard, zenith, richard on. As 44 melhores imagens em fernando pessoa fernando pessoa. He wrote under several identities, which he called heteronyms.
For one of his age, he thought much and deeply and in a letter to me once. Livro do desassossego the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, signed under the heteronym bernardo soares the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa fernando pessoa s the book of disquiet is the most alluring, unique autobiography in literature. The book of disquiet penguin classics pessoa, fernando, zenith. Pos me as maos sobre os ombros e doirou me a fronte com um olhar. A direita, quase em frente a quem imagina o quarto, ha uma unica janela. The book of disquiet quotes by fernando pessoa goodreads. Fernando pessoa s the book of disquiet is aptly titled. High quality fernando pessoa gifts and merchandise. Poucos escriptos delle tao singularmente revelam os. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. The book of disquiet heftet av forfatter fernando pessoa. Im two, and both keep their distance siamese twins that aren. Anyone who has ever attempted to write something, or.
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Assembled from notes and jottings left unpublished at the time. 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 was found, in fragments, only after pessoas death. Cartazes posters marianabaldaia fernando pessoa o livro do desassossego. Praticando o desapego frases fernando pessoa, fernando. Fernando pessoa, 1888 1935 portuguese poet fernando pessoa was born in lisbon.
The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Uroens bok fernando pessoa innbundet 9788252543780. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. During this time, pessoa became fluent in english and was educated in cape town and lisbon. Explore free books, like the victory garden, and more browse now. Pessoa, fernando article about pessoa, fernando by the free. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. My soul is impatient with itself, as with a bothersome child.