Fernando pessoa poems poems of fernando pessoa poem. 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. A poem see other formats project gutenbergs antinous. Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the family lived from 1896. Fernando pessoa is surely the most important 20th century portuguese poet. 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. Poet fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon, portugal. Upward ricardo reis crown me with roses pessoa poems englishnederlands. Because there is no biography of pessoa in english, zeniths confessedly heavily. Fernando pessoa poems poems of fernando pessoa poem hunter. Restamnos hoje, no silencio hostil, o mar universal e a saudade. Prece fernando pessoa analise senhor, a noite veio e a alma e vil.
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. Aug 27, 2016 poem hunter all poems of by fernando pessoa poems. Under the orthonym fernando pessoa he did write an introduction, but he credited the texts themselves to two different authors. I love my dreams, i said, a winter morn, to the practical man, and he, in scorn, replied. Senhor, a noite veio e a alma e vil o imperio acabou, a alma e ma tanta foi a tomenta e a vontade.
Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa lisbon, june 1888 lisbon, 30 november 1935, also known as fernando pessoa, was a portuguese poet and writer. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. I am no slave of the ideal, but, as all men of sense, i love the real. Pessoas vocabulary is relatively simple and the beauty of his architecture of words is beyond description and definitely wellworth the effort. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. 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. Pessoa is the exemplary poet of the self as other, of the poem as testament to unreality, proclamation of nothingness, occasion for expectancy. Fernando pessoa is portugals most important contemporary poet. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. Even if relatively few english speakers know portuguese, anybody who.
Fernando pessoa, heteronymism, heteronymous poems, english translation. Luiz antonio batista da rocha interpretacao do texto. The book of disquiet, by the portuguese writer fernando pessoa, is properly speaking perhaps not a book at all, and i imagine pessoa would not necessarily be pleased to have his name so prominently affixed to it. Pessoa was educated in english in durban, as the stepson of a portuguese diplomat, and was completely bilingual. With pessoa s digitized private library online, the importance of english to pessoa has become indisputable, particularly in his formative years. 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 was born in lisbon into a wellestablished middleclass family on june 1888. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. Antinous the rain outside was cold in hadrians soul.
Harlands versions are intended as an extra incentive for students to read the originals which i have individually explained in portuguese. 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. Phenomenal woman, still i rise, the road not taken, if you forget me, dreams. Edited and translated into portuguese by luisa freire. He also wrote in and translated from english and french. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. For example, see the volume edited by paulo borges entitled olhares europeus sobre fernando pessoa lisbon. Fernando pessoa has 733 books on goodreads with 162557 ratings. As it now stands, the largest collection of pessoas posthumous english poems written under his own name96 of them, in factwas published in portugal, by. Dec 04, 2010 t he melancholy writer fernando pessoa, who died 75 years ago this week, was likely unaware of the effect he would have on portugal decades later. Fall 2015 603 awell eknownpoetonceaskedmeifiwoulddohimthefavoroftransl ating.
In edwin honigs and susan browns superb translations, pessoa and his others live with miraculous style and vitality. He wrote under several identities, which he called heteronyms. His father died when he was five an d two years later his mother married the portuguese consul in durban. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics firm, records impressions he doesnt expect to see. Fernando pessoa s most popular book is the book of disquiet. The selected prose of fernando pessoa grove atlantic. Portuguese literary and cultural studies 28 fernando pessoa as english reader. Fernando pessoa, recognized as the greatest poet of the portuguese language was born on th of june 1888 in lisbon, portugal. He translated several books from english for portuguese publishing houses. A fan page dedicated to all things fernando pessoa one of the twentieth centurys greatest literary talents. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Fernando pessoa simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Autopsychography by fernando pessoa poetry magazine. Zeniths selection is beautifully translated, compact while appropriately diverse. Some poems by fernando pessoa, one by wallace stevens, and the brief sketch of a poetic ontology, gramma, v. 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. The critic harold bloom considers fernando pessoa along with pablo neruda the most representative poet of the 20th century. Fernando pessoa 18881935, the portuguese poet, literary critic, and essayist, is one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century.
This almostautobiographical story tells of the sombre majesty of splendours no one knows in the very private life of its hero and offers. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon. But no, shes abstract, is a bird, of sound in the air of air soaring, and her soul sings unencumbered, because the songs what makes her sing. The first comprehensive english translation of poetry from the renowned portuguese author of the book of disquiet. The english translations i offer after reading prof. 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. Full text of fernando pessoa as english reader and writer. Pessoa is considered one of the greatest portuguese poets. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, paperback. A selfdeprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of feelings and the humdrum reality of life, the book of disquiet is a classic of existentialist literature. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Thus i began the book that would be published in lisbon, in 1988, as. He wrote fine poetry under his own name as well, and each of his voices is completely different in subject, temperament, and style. Fernando pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in lisbon in 1888. Pessoa s vocabulary is relatively simple and the beauty of his architecture of words is beyond description and definitely wellworth the effort. Fernando pessoa simple english wikipedia, the free. With pessoas digitized private library online, the importance of english to pessoa has become indisputable, particularly in his formative years. Fernando pessoa 18881935 sonnets 1918, english poems 1922 and mensagem 1934. 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. Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet. The sometimes startlingly frank content of the earlier english poems published privately in lisbon may well have prevented their wider dissemination in. Luiz antonio batista da rocha compositor barretense gravacao e edicao do video. Philosophical essays fernando pessoa pessoa philosophical essays.
Mensagem message by fernando pessoa english version. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. T he melancholy writer fernando pessoa, who died 75 years ago this week, was likely unaware of the effect he would have on portugal decades later. At thirteen pessoa returned to portugal for a yearlong visit, and returned there permanently in 1905. The incomplete english poems of fernando pessoa cary stough pessoa, fernando 2000. Fernando pessoa, born fernando antonio nogueira pessoa pso. This is a considerable feat if one considers other 20th century poets like.