Jun 02, 2001 the book of disquiet fernando pessoa, trans. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Books by fernando pessoa all formats kindle edition audible audiobook paperback hardcover see more sort by. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics may 30, 2002. Antinous the rain outside was cold in hadrians soul. Fernando pessoa, recognized as the greatest poet of the portuguese language was born on th of june 1888 in lisbon, portugal. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa.
Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. Fernando pessoa poems poems of fernando pessoa poem. At the age of 18, he arrived in lisbon and promptly had his first book of poems accepted by fernando pessoas publisher. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. 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. The fragmentary, the incomplete is of the essence of pessoa s spirit. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935. May 30, 2002 fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa.
The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, paperback. A poem see other formats project gutenbergs antinous. Zeniths selection is beautifully translated, compact while appropriately diverse. Firstly, turkish is the only language that has been written in as many as eight.
The book of disquiet penguin classics pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard, zenith, richard on. Pessoa published merely four books during his lifetime. The book of disquietude was various books yet ultimately one book, with various authors yet ultimately one author, and even the word disquietude changes meaning as time passes. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, paperback barnes. 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. Merwin fernando pessoa is the least known of the masters of the twentiethcentury poetry. Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the family lived from 1896. Fernando pessoas most popular book is the book of disquiet.
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. The book of disquiet also translated as the book of disquietude has a format somewhat like a journal or diary and is also a collection of vignettes and reflections. He wrote fine poetry under his own name as well, and each of his voices is completely different in subject, temperament, and style. He left behind more than 25,000 manuscripts and typed. He fondly remembers an office boy who collected travel brochures, but never. I have recently finished the anthology contos escolhidos, comprising ten of his short stories. Fernando pessoa poems poems of fernando pessoa poem hunter. 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. 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. Of the gardens of adonis lydia i love most of all those fugitive roses that on the day they are born. Fernando pessoa, aleister crowley, yorke collection, national library of portugal archive 3, pessoa magick collection, correspondence, edouard roditi abstract the documents concerning the relationship between fernando pessoa and aleister crowley preserved in the yorke collection at the warburg institute london have been known for.
Fernando pessoa is currently considered a single author. Was 18 march 1914 the most extraordinary date in modern literature. Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa has 725 books on goodreads with 157438 ratings. Pessoa is the portuguese word for person, and there is nothing he less wanted to be. 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. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas greatest literary achievement. With pessoas digitized private library online, the importance of english to pessoa has become indisputable, particularly in his formative years.
Fernando pessoa 18881935, the portuguese poet, literary critic, and essayist, is one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century. 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. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. We know in fact that, already in 1917, pessoa had ordered 777, the dictionary of occult correspondences that crowley had published a few. He is distinguished as the most momentous literary figure of the 20th century who played a major role in the development of modernism in his country. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. His works reflect the infuence of classic tradition and french symbolism and his poetry reflects nostalgia. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography.
Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. Dec 25, 2009 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 lisbon, portugal. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 1888 1935. 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. Phenomenal woman, still i rise, the road not taken, if you forget me, dreams. Mensagem message by fernando pessoa english version. On the low couch, on whose denuded whole, to hadrians eyes, whose sorrow was a dread, the shadowy light of deaths eclipse was shed.
Fernando pessoas multiple voices have different styles and idioms, and each one is extraordinary. Common knowledge publisher series fernando pessoa gutenberg. Contos escolhidos by fernando pessoa a bag full of stories. If ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon. In the preface to the book of disquiet, pessoa wrote about himself. Aug 27, 2016 poem hunter all poems of by fernando pessoa poems. Fernando pessoa simple english wikipedia, the free. Fernando pessoa, richard zenith author of como viver ou. 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. This volume brings back into print the comprehensive collection of. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
With pessoa s digitized private library online, the importance of english to pessoa has become indisputable, particularly in his formative years. Fernando pessoa and aleister crowley brown university. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. He wrote under several identities, which he called heteronyms.
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, richard zenith is the author of como viver ou nao em 777 frases 4. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoa s death. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. This almostautobiographical story tells of the sombre majesty of splendours no one knows in the very private life of its hero and offers. The selected prose of fernando pessoa is an important record of a crucial part of the literary canon.
Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry. The works of fernando pessoa in turkish brown university. Fernando pessoa s most popular book is the book of disquiet. The washington post book world has written that fernando pessoa was portugals greatest writer of the twentieth century though some critics would even leave off that last qualifying phrase and one of the most appealing european modernists, equal in command and range to his contemporaries rilke and mandelstam. See more ideas about fernando pessoa, words and quotes. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. 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. My page is not intended as a source on fernando pessoa or mensagem for englishspeakers. Edwin honigs translations of spanish and portuguese poetry have been known to anyone who cares about either, since his work on lorca in the forties, and his selected poems of pessoa 1971 was a welcome step toward a longawaited larger colection. Message mensagem was the only book of verse in his own language that pessoa saw through the press in his lifetime. Juin, 1888 november 30, 1935, commonly kent as fernando pessoa, wis a portuguese poet, writer, leeterar creetic, translator, publisher an filosofer, descrived as ane o the maist signeeficant leeterar feegurs o the 20t century an ane o the greatest poets in the portuguese leid. A prolific writer, ascribing his work to a variety of personas or heteronyms, pessoa published little in his lifetime and supported. The complete edition kindle edition by fernando pessoa author visit amazons fernando pessoa page. Fernando pessoa is portugals most important contemporary poet.