Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. A little fraction of fernando pessoa portfolio is part of our high school curriculum. Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the family lived from 1896. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week. Fernando pessoa audio books, best sellers, author bio. Fernando pessoas multiple voices have different styles and idioms, and each one is extraordinary. He also wrote short essays, several of which remained unfinished. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa, the transformation book published on feb 28, 2014 the transformation book, which belongs to pessoas preheteronymic period, contains a series of fragments written in english. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. The only book that we almost entirely read during that time is mensagem message.
O buraco da agulha the hole of the needle yeco as a spectral and ghostly pretext of pessoa in 1981 miguel yeco returned from paris to portugal to start the project pessoas and echoes, inspired by the figure and work of the poet fernando pessoa, performing more than thirty performances, recorded in some slides. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Fernando pessoa primary author only author division. I definitely recommend this book if you enjoy poetry, this book is like 6 from 6 different poets in one. Some of these slides were probably photographed by carlos baroque, which led to this book. In lisbon, french author paul meets various people from his. Was 18 march 1914 the most extraordinary date in modern literature.
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. In the preface to the book of disquiet, pessoa wrote about himself. Pessoa died at the age of forty seven in the year 1935. Pessoas greatest work took the form of 350 fragments shoved into an envelope found in a trunk after his. Now richard zenith has collected in a single volume all the major poetry of one of the most extraordinary poetic talents the century has produced microsoft networks. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. He only published four compiled books of poems, three of which were in english and only one in portuguese. Born and raised in portugal, i confirm what miguel oliveira said.
Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. This almostautobiographical story tells of the sombre majesty of splendours no one knows in the very private life of its hero and offers. Fernando pessoa dedalus press links to poetry books. 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. 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. 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. The selected prose of fernando pessoa by fernando pessoa. Miguel yeco is an actor, known for requiem 1998, pola x 1999 and xavier 1992. The selected prose of fernando pessoa is an important record of a crucial part of the literary canon. 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. I can imagine, how much better these poems are in original.
All books available where books are sold, and on the following retailers. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. In the words of david butler in the book s introduction, fernando pessoa wrote into being a heteronymic hall of mirrors from which the myriad image. As a summary of the work of the writer generally known as fernando pessoa, this autobiographical declaration poses some unusual problems.
Fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa.
Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. Pasiferrari fernando pessoa and aleister crowley pessoa plural. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas. Miguel yeco e um artista multifacetado e e socio da associacao fernando pessoa. 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. Do people in portugal read books by fernando pessoa. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Fernando pessoa in 2020 literary heroes, fernando pessoa. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer. Most of pessoas prolific writings, only a single volume of which appeared in. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. With pessoas digitized private library online, the importance of english to pessoa has become indisputable, particularly in his formative years. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator.
Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. If ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa 18881935, the portuguese poet, literary critic, and essayist, is one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century. In 1981 miguel yeco returned from paris to portugal to start the project pessoas and echoes, inspired by the figure and work of the poet fernando pessoa, performing more than thirty performances, recorded in some slides. Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry. The book of disquiet is one of the great literary works of the twentieth century. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics. 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. Browse fernando pessoas bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Buy poems of fernando pessoa reprint by pessoa, fernando, honig, edwin isbn.
Fernando pessoa is currently considered a single author. Fernando pessoa, the transformation book by contra mundum. Fernando pessoa 18881935 a poet who lived most his life in lisbon, portugal, and who died in obscurity there has in recent years gained international recognition as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Zeniths selection is beautifully translated, compact while appropriately diverse. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was one of the major poets of the 20th century, one of the major names in portuguese writing, and one of the most enigmatic figures in world literature of any period. One represents pessoa s side, and it remained in the hands of his family until recently. Fernando pessoa, recognized as the greatest poet of the portuguese language was born on th of june 1888 in lisbon, portugal. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
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