Known for a repertoire of works penned by multiple invented authorswhich he termed heteronymsthe portuguese writer gleefully subverted the notion of what it means to be an author. An assembly of sometimes linked fragments, it is a mesmerising, haunting novel without parallel in any other culture. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary. This almostautobiographical story tells of the sombre majesty of splendours no one knows in the very private life of its hero and offers. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. The book of disquiet, an intimate, fragmentary, and dreamlike diary.
In edwin honigs and susan browns superb translations, pessoa and his others live with miraculous style and vitality. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. The first song that comes to my mind is os argonautas, caetano veloso,1969, that uses a phrase from pessoa. Pessoa is the exemplary poet of the self as other, of the poem as testament to unreality, proclamation of nothingness, occasion for expectancy.
Pessoa was a prolific writer, and not only under his own name, for he created approximately seventyfive others. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. Pessoa was mostly a poet and the book of disquiet can be read, if you wish, as a series of notes for poems as yet unwritten. 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. The argonauts, 194950, max beckmann oil on canvas triptych, center panel 80 14 x 48. Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the. Indeed, pessoa mentioned in a letter to a friend that while writing it, he only had the attention for little things.
Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet. Fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet goodreads. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa 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. Known for a repertoire of works penned by multiple invented authorswhich he termed heteronymsthe portuguese writer gleefully. 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. Abstract a brief introduction to a comic book about fernando pessoa is presented and followed by a segment of the same comic book, about the assistant bookkeeper in the city of lisbon bernardo soares. The books that were kept in this bookcase are now available to everyone. 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. Various fernando pessoa o fado e a alma portuguesa mp3. Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry.
In the preface to the book of disquiet, pessoa wrote about himself. He did not call them all pseudonyms because he felt that some did not. Poet, shortstory writer, feverish inventor fernando pessoa was one of the most innovative figures shaping european modernism. Full text of os argonautas, poema internet archive. The bookcase where fernando pessoa kept his books is currently to be found in the antechamber of the reconstruction of the writers bedroom. A centenary pessoa fyfield books paperback november 20, 2003. All of fernando pessoa s private library has been digitised and has been placed online. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer. A room at the lisboa pessoa hotel is dedicated to soares and contains a library specialized in pessoa and tourism. Discover the best portuguese ebooks in best sellers. Fernando pessoa has 725 books on goodreads with 157438 ratings. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Fernando pessoa is portugals most important contemporary poet.
He also wrote in and translated from english and french. 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. Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon.
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. 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. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Fernando pessoas most popular book is the book of disquiet. Fernando pessoa, life and work, comic book, bernardo soares, a day in the life of.
Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. A bilingual companion to the book of disquiet, by fernando pessoa here, in margaret jull costa and patricio ferraris splendid new translations, are the complete poems of alberto caeiro, the imaginary heteronym coterie created by fernando pessoa, the portuguese modernist master. Sharp darts radio amazing discoveries africa rediscover america audio podcast sports show 1204 pc. 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. To read and then contemplate him is to be lifted a little bit above the earth in a floating bubble. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 1888 1935. If all this sounds rather vague then that is because pessoa wished it so. 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. Message mensagem was the only book of verse in his own language that pessoa saw through the press in his lifetime. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando.
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