Was 18 march 1914 the most extraordinary date in modern literature. Fernando pessoa was a member of the modernist group orpheu. Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. See more ideas about fernando pessoa, caricature and book writer.
Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week. To read and then contemplate him is to be lifted a little bit above the earth in a floating bubble. O critico literario harold bloom considerou a sua obra um legado da lingua portuguesa ao mundo. The complete edition pessoa, fernando, pizarro, jeronimo, costa, margaret jull on. A prolific writer, ascribing his work to a variety of personas or heteronyms, pessoa published little in his lifetime and supported. Translation of autopsychography from portuguese in. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. Fernando pessoa has 725 books on goodreads with 157438 ratings.
This perpetually unclassifiable and unfinished book of selfreflective fragments was first published in portuguese in 1982, and it is arguably pessoas masterpiece. 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. 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. Fernando pessoa is known the world over, and his status as a brilliant existentialist writer perhaps the best in the xx century is well documented. The book includes four poems by fernando pessoa himself, and two each respectively by his three major heteronyms, each translation accompanied by the portuguese.
The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 544 pages and is available in paperback format. Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. May 30, 2002 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. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. 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. Pessoa foi igualmente empresario, editor, critico literario, jornalista. Livro do desassossego the book of disquiet, fernando pessoa the book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935. In his introduction to this duallanguage selected poems, first published in 2004, david butler. It is in the book of disquiettranslated, beautifully, by margaret jull costathat pessoa found himself most truly. Usas amazons page on fernando pessoas mensagem, the best known amongst other of his books on. 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. At thirteen pessoa returned to portugal for a yearlong. For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. 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.
Free download or read online the book of disquiet pdf epub book. O poeta e um fingidor fernando pessoa alira youtube. Read in portuguese the short poem by a famous author fernando pessoa and his poem autopsychography, which features, in a style pertinent to the poet, a play with words and meanings. Fernando pessoa has 736 books on goodreads with 159247 ratings. The most celebrated portuguese poet, who had a major role in the development of modernism in his country.
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. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. Fernando pessoa was a portuguese poet there are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Its floating boundaries expand and contract, lazily animated by the horror of making our soul a fact. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoa s greatest literary achievement.
If all this sounds rather vague then that is because pessoa wished it so. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. In the preface to the book of disquiet, pessoa wrote about himself. This book provides ample evidence of his fruitful, lifelong relationship with the english language. Fernando pessoa fingimento artisticopoetico slideshare. The book of disquiet is funny, lifeaffirming, and, of course, desperately sad. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Fernando pessoa the book of disquiet read by adam sims unabridged. Fernando pessoa o fingimento artistico trabalho realizado por. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet.
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. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoa s death. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. Apr 23, 20 mensagem ebook written by fernando pessoa. The book of disquiet the prizewinning, complete and unabridged translationthe best englishlanguage version we are likely to see for a long time, if ever the guardianof a work of unclassifiable genius. Fernando pessoa, a world reference in poetry fernando pessoa the value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. 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. Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the family lived from 1896. Readers with a particular interest in modernism will find this work indispensable. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935.
Pretend so completely who comes to pretend its pain the pain you truly feel. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon. This portuguese metapoem by fernando pessoa discusses poetry and creation. The book of disquiet serpents tail classics series by fernando pessoa. Credited to pessoa s alter ego, bernardo soares, who chronicles his contemplations in this socalled factless autobiography. Four previous english translations, all published in 1991, were compromised either by abridgement, poor translation or errorladen source texts. 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. Fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net.
The main characters of this poetry, fiction story are bernardo soares. Fernando pessoas most popular book is the book of disquiet. See more ideas about fernando pessoa, caricature and writers and poets. His book of disquiet a collection of incomplete writings found on loose scraps of paper and published nearly 50 years after pessoa. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, paperback.
Fernando pessoa audio books, best sellers, author bio. Sitting at his desk, bernardo soares imagined himself free forever of rua dos douradores, of his boss vasques, of moreira the book keeper, of all the other employees, the errand boy, the post boy, even the cat. An autobiography or diary containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. The transformation book provides significant insight. Pessoas first book, antinous, came out in 1918, and was followed by two. In lisbon there are a few restaurants or eating houses located above decentlooking taverns, places with the heavy, domestic look of restaurants in towns far from any rail line. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read mensagem. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this months biggest new releases. The statement is possible since pessoa, whose name means person in portuguese, had three alter egos who.
Buy fernando pessoa ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Dec 04, 2010 fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa librarything. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. The poem considers the relationship with the poem that the poet himself has, and how that is different from the perspective of a. Poet fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon, portugal. Publishers weeklypessoas amazing personality is as beguiling and mysterious.
The first edition of the novel was published in 1982, and was written by fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. Pdf the book of disquiet book by fernando pessoa free. The former walking dead star relied on her own heartbreaking experiences in her new nbc series, council of dads.
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