O fingidor fernando pessoa the book of love

Pessoas first book, antinous, came out in 1918, and was followed by two. I never kept sheepbut it is as i did watch over them. But the book of disquiet, made up of hundreds of short texts that constitute a sortof narrative, is a perfect match for this drained faculty. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics firm, records. If ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. He published his first book of english poems, antinous in 1918, followed by sonnets 1918 and english poems 1921, but released only a single book of portuguese poems, mensagem, in 1933. The majority of pessoas poems, heteronymic or otherwise, appeared in literary journals and magazines. The book of disquiet was left in a trunk which might never have been opened. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. He is distinguished as the most momentous literary figure of the 20th century who played a major role in the development of. 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. 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. Fernando pessoa biography childhood, life achievements.

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. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. Was 18 march 1914 the most extraordinary date in modern literature. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoa s death. He was a poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher.

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. 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. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon. Again and again, in both poetry and prose, pessoa denied that he existed as any kind of distinctive individual. During these years pessoa became fluent in english and developed an early love for.

Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer. Pessoa is the portuguese word for person, and there is nothing he less wanted to be. He died november 30, 1935, in lisbon from cirrhosis of the liver. Indeed, pessoa mentioned in a letter to a friend that while writing it, he only had the attention for little things. Fernando pessoa was a member of the modernist group orpheu. On an ankle a sonnet bearing the imprimatur of the inquisitorgeneral and other people of distinction and decency i had a revelation not from high, but from below, when thy skirt awhile lifted betrayed such promise that i am not gifted. See more ideas about fernando pessoa, caricature and sea activities. Fernando pessoa, recognized as the greatest poet of the portuguese language was born on th of june 1888 in lisbon, portugal. Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher.

See more ideas about fernando pessoa, portuguese language, writer. The keeper of sheep excepts poem by fernando pessoa. Furthermore, a great number of the books which fernando pessoa read, and. Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the family lived from 1896. I love this strange work of fiction and i love the inventive, harddrinking, modest man who wrote it in obscurity. Book of disquiet reveals a reclusive authors soul author fernando pessoa may have been a loner who lived most of his life in a single room in. This portuguese metapoem by fernando pessoa discusses poetry and creation. Of the gardens of adonis lydia i love most of all those fugitive roses that on the day they are born. Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry. He was a multitalented literary personality involved with writing, literary criticism, publishing.