My fascination with pessoa produced a huge output of paintings and drawings that culminated in the identity parade exhibition. Contos escolhidos by fernando pessoa a bag full of stories. Firstly, turkish is the only language that has been written in as many as eight. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric.
Fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas death. Fernando pessoa was known to be a portuguese writer, poet, philosopher, publisher, translator, and literary critic. 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. May 30, 2002 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. Astrology and natal chart of fernando pessoa, born on 1888. Art is capability, and maybe the best art flourishes in the tension between failure and success. I have recently finished the anthology contos escolhidos, comprising ten of his short stories.
A few years later, he left portugal for london, where he made immediate inroads in londons literary crowd. If ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. In lisbon there are a few restaurants or eating houses located above decentlooking taverns, places with the heavy, domestic look of restaurants in towns far from any rail line. Imagination, reality and the pleasure of masking and dreaming rodica grigore1 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 com. Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The book of disquiet preface by fernando pessoa 3 a factless autobiography 9 a disquiet anthology 393 appendix i. Fernando pessoa fernando pessoa 18851931 was a poet who invented a number of characters, or alter egos, which he called his heteronyms. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. I post them here to remind myself of the fact that each new project has these three things.
Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Thanks to the recovery of a trunk, full of unpublished manuscripts, and the recognition of the poets genius, we are slowly beginning to build up a picture of his marvellous universe. Texts citing the name of vicente guedes 465 appendix ii. Fernando pessoa has 733 books on goodreads with 162557 ratings. By bernardo soares, assistant bookkeeper in the city of lisbon. Discover book depositorys huge selection of fernando pessoa books online. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. Fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet goodreads. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary.
When he died in 1935, pessoa left behind a trunk filled with unfinished and unpublished writings, among which were the remarkable pages that make up his posthumous masterpiece, the book of disquiet, an astonishing work that, in george steiners words, gives to lisbon the haunting spell of joyces dublin or kafkas prague. His book of disquiet a collection of incomplete writings found on loose scraps of paper and published nearly 50 years after pessoas death makes for sleepless, existential reading. November 30, 1935 in the same city was a poet and writer. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. This almostautobiographical story tells of the sombre majesty of splendours no one knows in the very private life of its hero and offers. See more ideas about fernando pessoa, words and quotes. At the age of 18, he arrived in lisbon and promptly had his first book of poems accepted by fernando pessoas publisher. Smashwords about fernado pessoa, author of 35 sonnets by. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 1888 1935.
Fernando pessoa i took off the mask and looked in the. This book provides ample evidence of his fruitful, lifelong relationship with the english language. The transformation book provides significant insight. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics firm, records impressions he doesnt expect to see. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of. His father died when he was five and two years later his mother married the portuguese consul in durban. Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics. Astrology and natal chart of fernando pessoa, born on 188806. 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. Fernando pessoa was born in lisbon into a wellestablished middleclass family on june 1888. Escola basica fernando pessoa santa maria da feira.
Pessoa, fernando article about pessoa, fernando by the. Alberto was born on september 20, 1928 on the island of mozambique to a colonial portuguese family. He moved to durban, south africa, as a child, becoming bilingual portuguese, english. Jan 28, 2012 these words by portuguese writer fernando pessoa express the frustrations of being a writer or artist.
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. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets. He also wrote in and translated from english and french. He was also portrayed as a very important literary figure of the twentieth century. Thats the advantage of knowing how to remove your mask. Most of pessoas prolific writings, only a single volume of which appeared in. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. Message mensagem was the only book of verse in his own language that pessoa saw through the press in his lifetime.
Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer. They are mainly characterised by being quite philosophical and sometimes even featuring esoteric. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. A modernist masterwork that has now taken on a similar iconic status to ulysses, the trial or in search of lost time, fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is edited and translated with an introduction by richard zenith in penguin modern classics. Pessoa, fernando article about pessoa, fernando by the free. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. Escola basica fernando pessoa santa maria da feira home. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week. Pages in category fernando pessoa the following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. Dec 04, 2010 his book of disquiet a collection of incomplete writings found on loose scraps of paper and published nearly 50 years after pessoas death makes for sleepless, existential reading. The works of fernando pessoa in turkish brown university. Livro do dessassogego por bernardo soares, 1982 the book of disquiet trans.
The first comprehensive english translation of poetry from the renowned portuguese author of the book of disquiet. Fernando pessoa remains one of the most enigmatic writers of the 20th century. Livro do desassossego the book of disquiet, fernando pessoa the book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935. Smashwords about fernado pessoa, author of 35 sonnets. 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. 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. Fernando pessoas most popular book is the book of disquiet. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. They are mainly characterised by being quite philosophical and. As a summary of the work of the writer generally known as fernando pessoa, this autobiographical declaration poses some unusual problems. The best fernando pessoa book series also proves that he was oneofthe finest portuguese poets of that time period.
Fernando pessoa, a modernist portuguese writer, is betterknown as a poet and for being the author of the book of disquiet, but he also wrote various short stories throughout his life. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Pessoa, fernando, 18881935, pessoa, fernando, 18881935 publisher. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page.
Reflections on the book of disquiet from pessoas writings 471 notes 477 table of heteronyms 505 show more. 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. Fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. The works of fernando pessoa in turkish hakan atay fernando pessoa would perhaps deeply appreciate at least three decisive and one accidental quality of turkish literature if he had the chance to learn about them. Top 9 best fernando pessoa books best fernando pessoa. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics ebook. For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. 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.
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