The selected prose of fernando pessoa is an important record of a crucial part of the literary canon. 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. Pessoa is a profoundly introspective and honest writer who defined existential themes based upon his frank study of his own life and dreams. B of d is a work of pure genius written in gloriously lyrical, existential prose. He takes a simple gesture, a familiar place and transforms it magically into something more.
Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. After his death, a trunk with around 27,000 items ranging from prose fragments to letters and poems was found. Portuguese poet fernando pessoa wrote in a poem called messagem in the early 20th century, who wants to pass beyond bojador, must also pass beyond pain, signifying the enormous cost of portuguese historical exploration. Buy fernando pessoa ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Fernando pessoas most popular book is the book of disquiet. If ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa is portugals most important contemporary poet. Pessoa is the portuguese word for person, and there is nothing he less wanted to be. This is because he mainly wrote under 3 heteronyms even though he had more than 70.
We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Fernando pessoa 18881935, the portuguese poet, literary critic, and essayist, is one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoa s death.
Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. For crossing you, how many mothers cried, how many children in vain prayed. Theyre like pseudonims, but pessoa considered them to be separate entities, and he meant it. He 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 language. Also a poet, but different from every single one ive ever read. Credited to pessoa s alter ego, bernardo soares, who chronicles his contemplations in this socalled factless. Fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. 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. Pessoa is the exemplary poet of the self as other, of the poem as testament to unreality, proclamation of nothingness, occasion for expectancy. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet.
The book of disquiet is funny, lifeaffirming, and, of course, desperately sad. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. However, the author i respect the most is without a doubt fernando pessoa. The selected prose of fernando pessoa by fernando pessoa. Relaxing reading music collection books cafe music. Three anthologies in hindi rita ray a minuscule part of indianamely, goa, daman, diu, dadra and nagar haveli on the western coastwas a colony of portugal for around 450 years, until 1961. Gil eanes portugalvisitor travel guide to portugal. Fernando pessoa, recognized as the greatest poet of the portuguese language was born on th of june 1888 in lisbon, portugal. Portugese poet fernando pessoa 18881935 is the perfect embodiment of the romantic notion of what is to be a poet. Fernando pessoa has 733 books on goodreads with 160374 ratings. Along with his profession, as freelance commercial translator, fernando pessoa undertook intense activity as a writer, literary critic and political analyst, contributing to the journals and newspapers a aguia 1912, a republica 19, theatro 19, a renascenca 1914, o raio 1914, a galera 1915, orpheu 1915.
In the early 20th century messagem, by portuguese poet fernando pessoa, it reads who wants to pass beyond bojador, must also pass beyond pain, referencing the risk and reward of portuguese sea exploration. Some poets make poems the way a builder builds a home verse by verse, brick by brick. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. The first edition of the novel was published in 1982, and was written by fernando pessoa.
The complete edition enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Sep 02, 2017 fernando pessoa mensagem analise do poema mar portugues slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. 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. Pessoa wrote the book mainly for himself under the pseudonym bernardo soares, and it was not published until nearly half a century. Ao passar o cabo bojador, os navegadores portugueses entraram em mares ate entao desconhecidos, enfrentando inumeros perigos. His vast body of work, some of which remains unpublished, includes hundreds of poems as well as essays on philosophy, religion, literature, and politics. Assembled from notes and jottings left unpublished at the time of the authors death, the book of disquiet is a collection of aphoristic prosepoetry musings on dreams, solitude, time and memory. Fernando pessoa was one of the most powerful figures of the portuguese literary world who significantly contributed to portuguese literature of the 20 th century. Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
God to the sea the danger and the abyss gave, but in it is the sky. Cape bojador project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. It knows wind and sun walking hand in hand with the seasons. Top 9 best fernando pessoa books best fernando pessoa. 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. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. The main characters of this poetry, fiction story are bernardo soares. The book of disquiet ebook written by fernando pessoa.
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. Her body has been in the national pantheon since 2014 and has a library with her name in loule. The name of the wine, bojador, is equally personal, referring to cape bojador, on the northern coast of the western sahara. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. To read and then contemplate him is to be lifted a little bit above the earth in a floating bubble. Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the family lived from 1896. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. Fernando pessoa audio books, best sellers, author bio. Who wants to pass beyond bojador it has to pass beyond the pain. 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.
Pedros bojador project is not without risk, but the rewards are certainly evident. In edwin honigs and susan browns superb translations, pessoa and his others live with miraculous style and vitality. In famous stanzas from this longer poem pessoa wrote of the enormous costs of the portuguese explorations to the nation. Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa librarything. Pedro s bojador project is not without risk, but the rewards are certainly evident. Poems of fernando pessoa by fernando pessoa, paperback. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. 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. Bernando soares, the eponymous author of the book of disquiet, a bookkeeper in lisbon, records his observations of everyday life as if we were walking through an art gallery. The mythic importance of the cape for portugal was captured in fernando pessoa s early 20th century work mensagem. He fondly remembers an office boy who collected travel brochures, but never. He wrote fine poetry under his own name as well, and each of his voices is completely different in subject, temperament, and style. Thanks to the recovery of a trunk, full of unpublished manuscripts, and the recognition of the poets genius, we are slowly beginning to build up a picture of his marvellous universe.
Zeniths selection is beautifully translated, compact while appropriately diverse. He was also portrayed as a very important literary figure of the twentieth century. Fernando pessoa e o mais universal poeta portugues. Fernando pessoa s the book of disquiet is aptly titled.
Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. Almost the rest of this huge country, however, was under british rule for two. Fernando pessoa the book of disquiet fernando pessoa. Por te cruzarmos, quantas maes choraram, quantos filhos em vao rezaram. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 544 pages and is available in paperback format. Free download or read online the book of disquiet pdf epub book. Fernando pessoa the book of disquiet read by adam sims unabridged. Published by his friends in 1961, it contains pessoa s reflections beginning in 1912 at the age of twentyfour as he anticipated world war i. However, his most famous book which is very depressing, is the book of disquiet.
The best fernando pessoa book series also proves that he was oneofthe finest portuguese poets of that time period. Fernando pessoa was known to be a portuguese writer, poet, philosopher, publisher, translator, and literary critic. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, paperback. Saved from fernandopessoaisnotforyou discover ideas about stand by me. She was the first portuguese woman to receive the camoes prize, in 1999.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the book of disquiet. 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. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. Pdf the book of disquiet book by fernando pessoa free. If all this sounds rather vague then that is because pessoa wished it so. Again and again, in both poetry and prose, pessoa denied that he existed as any kind of distinctive individual. Fernando pessoa remains one of the most enigmatic writers of the 20th century. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. 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 narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics ebook. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. The book of disquiet is a journal by portuguese author fernando pessoa.
Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry. He was a poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher. He wrote a lot of short poems, many of wich are in message, whose name comes from mens agitat molem mensagem in portuguese, that means the spirit moves matter, from virgils aeneid. Capturing the symbolic importance to the nation of rounding cape bojador. Click to read more about mensagem by fernando pessoa.
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