Travaux et recherches volume 20 of travaux et recherches, facultes universitaires saintlouis. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer. Fernando pessoa in english may 24, 2018 i follow the course of my dreams, making them images into steps toward other images. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. Alberto was born on september 20, 1928 on the island of mozambique to a colonial portuguese family. Fernando pessoa primary author only author division. A little larger than the entire universe by fernando pessoa, 9780143039556, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. See more ideas about fernando pessoa, words and quotes. 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. Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world.
Fernando pessoas most popular book is the book of disquiet. At the age of 18, he arrived in lisbon and promptly had his first book of poems accepted by fernando pessoas publisher. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics 30may2002. Jan 18, 2011 discover book depository s huge selection of fernando pessoa books online. 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. Were featuring millions of their reader ratings on our book pages to help you find your new favourite book. Fernando pessoa is currently considered a single author. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon. Pessoa sailed with his mother to south africa to join his step father, who was a military officer from portugal stationed in durban. Buy poems of fernando pessoa reprint by pessoa, fernando, honig, edwin isbn. Zeniths selection is beautifully translated, compact while appropriately diverse. Selected poems by fernando pessoa, 9780141184333, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. A mensagem by fernando pessoa, 9781535199094, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Fernando pessoa fernando pessoa 18851931 was a poet who invented a number of characters, or alter egos, which he called his heteronyms.
The superiority of the dreamer is that dreaming is much more practical than living, and that the dreamer extracts from life a much vaster and varied pleasure than the action man. The transformation book provides significant insight. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, 9781846687358, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Visit author central to change your photo, edit your biography, and more.
Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the family lived from 1896. Was 18 march 1914 the most extraordinary date in modern literature. He also wrote in and translated from english and french. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. The complete edition and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. This voluminous catalogue of the private library of fernando pessoa is a monument to pessoas book collecting and reading habits, and represents the. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. You can use the special requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation. The book of disquiet is one of the great literary works of the twentieth century. A damage deposit of eur 200 is required on arrival.
In the santa maria maior district of lisbon, close to commerce square, fernando pessoa apartment features free wifi and a washing machine. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas death.
Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. Again and again, in both poetry and prose, pessoa denied that he existed as any kind of distinctive individual. Fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. The property has river and city views, plus is a minute walk from rossio square. Pages in category fernando pessoa the following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, 9780141183046, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The selected prose of fernando pessoa is an important record of a crucial part of the literary canon. The bilingual portuguese poet facultes universitaires saintlouis.
Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. Aug 30, 2016 pessoa never finished it, and saw it as notes he would then shape. In better and more direct words, the dreamer is the real action man. He moved to durban, south africa, as a child, becoming bilingual portuguese, english. Pessoa, fernando, 18881935, pessoa, fernando, 18881935 publisher. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. 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. My fascination with pessoa produced a huge output of paintings and drawings that culminated in the identity parade exhibition. Also included is a generous selection from pessoa s masterpiece, the book of disquiet, freshly translated by richard zenith from newly discovered materials.
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 few years later, he left portugal for london, where he made immediate inroads in londons literary crowd. I untie life from myself, and i toss it aside as if it were a tootight suit. The book of disquiet penguin classics fernando pessoa, richard zenith isbn. Please inform fernando pessoa apartment of your expected arrival time in advance. The selected prose of fernando pessoa fernando pessoa. Pessoa is the portuguese word for person, and there is nothing he less wanted to be.
The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, 97802412001, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Fernando pessoa has 736 books on goodreads with 163055 ratings. 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. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. Jun 02, 2001 the book of disquiet fernando pessoa, trans. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. Discover book depository s huge selection of fernando pessoa books online.
Fernando pessoa, recognized as the greatest poet of the portuguese language was born on th of june 1888 in lisbon, portugal. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. 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. 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.
Also included is a generous selection from pessoas masterpiece, the book of disquiet, freshly translated by richard zenith from newly discovered materials. 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. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Imagination, reality and the pleasure of masking and dreaming explores the implications of the heteronyms that the author created in order both to express and hide himself from the external world. If ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa.
The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, 9780811226936, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. 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, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Pessoa, fernando article about pessoa, fernando by the. This book provides ample evidence of his fruitful, lifelong relationship with the english language.
Collection travaux et recherches 20 volume 20 of publications des facultes universitaires saintlouis. The book of disquiet is funny, lifeaffirming, and, of course, desperately sad. The complete edition serpents tail classics margaret jull costa translator fernando. His father died of tuberculosis when he was only 2 years old and his mother remarried. 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. 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. Discover book depositorys huge selection of fernando pessoa books online. Fernando pessoa biography childhood, life achievements. Soares himself, in the only moment of being seen from the outside, looks.
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