This is the largest and richest volume of poetry by pessoa available in english. The selected prose of fernando pessoa is an important record of a crucial part of the literary canon. It recounts the travels of swiss classics instructor raimund gregorius as he explores the life of. The critic harold bloom considers fernando pessoa along with pablo neruda the most. The transformation book provides significant insight.
Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry. 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 portuguese writer fernando pessoa only wrote love letters to one woman. Jun 02, 2001 the book of disquiet fernando pessoa, trans.
Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. 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. In which we receive the love letters of fernando pessoa. Zeniths selection is beautifully translated, compact while appropriately diverse. In edwin honigs and susan browns superb translations, pessoa and his others live with miraculousstyle and vitality. High quality fernando pessoa gifts and merchandise. The book of disquietude or the book of disquiet livro do desassossego in portuguese, published posthumously, is one of the greatest works by fernando pessoa.
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. Like im sick of everything, and of the everythingness of everything. Drama en gente antologia bilingue by fernando pessoa, 9789681658045, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Pasiferrari fernando pessoa and aleister crowley pessoa plural.
The result of that short stay in lisbon was the book that came out in 1997 fernando pessoa ki kavitayen the poems of fernando pessoa fig. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. His translations include galicianportuguese troubadour poetry, novels by antonio lobo antunes, pessoa s the book of disquiet, and fernando pessoa and co selected poems, which won the 1999 american pen award for poetry in translation. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The anarchist banker a short story i read in the selected prose of fernando pessoa, which the author referred to as a dialectical satire. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. The book of disquiet is one of the great literary works of the twentieth century. Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.
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Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon. She was a secretary at a firm in lisbon where the 31 year old pessoa worked as a translator. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract. The book of disquiet, opera as one man, with films samuel west, standing between films of ana moura and joao reis, in the book of disquiet at montclair state university in new. 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. Fernando pessoa is currently considered a single author. 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. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. We recommend booking casa fernando pessoa tours ahead of time to secure your spot.
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By bernardo soares, assistant bookkeeper in the city of lisbon. Buy poems of fernando pessoa reprint by pessoa, fernando, honig, edwin isbn. How a shy poet was spellbound by the beast books the. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. Fernando pessoa has 733 books on goodreads with 162557 ratings. Richard zenith lives in lisbon, where he works as a freelance writer, translator, and critic. Fernando pessoa is surely the most important 20th century portuguese poet. Poems of fernando pessoa by fernando pessoa, 9780872863422, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Pessoa, fernando article about pessoa, fernando by the free. One represents pessoas side, and it remained in the hands of his family until recently.
Mark strand fernando pessoa is portugals most important contemporary poet. He spent much of his childhood in durban, south africa, returning to lisbon at the age of seventeen. Fernando pessoa s books fernando pessoa average rating. See all 5 casa fernando pessoa tours on tripadvisor. But the bulk of his papers are in portugals national library, the biblioteca nacional. If you book with tripadvisor, you can cancel up to 24 hours before your tour starts for a full refund.
Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. Serpents tail 1991 the book of disquiet fernando pessoa pdf. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoa s death. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas greatest literary achievement. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, 9781846687358, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. See more ideas about fernando pessoa, words and quotes. This book of 167 pages contains a timeline of pessoas life, a brief introduction to his poetics, and an. The book of disquiet penguin classics pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard, zenith, richard on. Written over the course of fernando pessoa s life, it was first published in 1982, pieced together from the thousands of individual manuscript pages left behind by pessoa after his death in 1935. Night train to lisbon is a philosophical novel by swiss writer pascal mercier. Fernando pessoa, recognized as the greatest poet of the portuguese language was born on th of june 1888 in lisbon, portugal. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics firm, records impressions he doesnt expect to see. Much studied by pessoan critics, who have different interpretations regarding the book s proper organization, the book of disquiet was first published in portuguese in47 years after pessoa s death the author died at age 47 in views read edit view history. A little larger than the entire universe by fernando.
Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. Gulbenkian foundation with the goal of studying pessoas work. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. A centenary pessoa fyfield books paperback november 20, 2003 by fernando pessoa author visit amazons fernando pessoa page.
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. The book of disquiet, opera as one man, with films. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. He moved to durban, south africa, as a child, becoming bilingual portuguese, english. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas death. For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. One represents pessoa s side, and it remained in the hands.
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Pessoa is the exemplary poet of the self as other, of the poem as testament to unreality, proclamation of nothingness, occasion for expectancy. An autobiography or diary containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. The book of disquiet is a hodgepodge of different fragmentary ideas, and though there is some editorial freedom in such a concept, fernando pessoa did include some notes on which parts he wanted. Jan 18, 2011 discover book depository s huge selection of fernando pessoa books online. The transformation book by fernando pessoa amazon book depository, the woman from tantoura by radwa ashour and translated by kay heikkinen amazon book depository, while i already own a copy of fernando pessoa s the book of disquiet see here to also check out other international titles i bought in 2018, i simply could not resist. What we are cannot be transfused into word or book, our soul from us is infinitely far. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics firm, records.
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. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. Fernando pessoa 18881935 sonnets 1918, english poems 1922 and. Was 18 march 1914 the most extraordinary date in modern literature.