In 1925, fernando pessoa wrote a guidebook to lisbon for englishspeaking visitors, and wrote it in english. The main characters of this poetry, fiction story are bernardo soares. Fernando pessoa s most popular book is the book of disquiet. The first edition of the novel was published in 1982, and was written by fernando pessoa.
Sensationism began with the friendship between fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa and the portuguese modernist heritage. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics firm, records impressions he doesnt expect to see. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The selected prose of fernando pessoa fernando pessoa. Preface by fernando pessoa, a factless autobiography and a disquiet an thology. I loved to admire the beauty of things, to trace in the imperceptible through the minute the poetic soul of the universe. Pessoa wrote the book mainly for himself under the pseudonym bernardo soares, and it was not published until nearly half a century. He also wrote in and translated from english and french. 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.
Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. Jun 02, 2001 the book of disquiet fernando pessoa, trans. Fernando pessoas life divides neatly into three periods. Regardless of the presence of marginalia6 in pessoas own books, this other. 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. The fact is they built up the beginnings between them. Books by pessoa, fernando sorted by popularity project gutenberg. 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. The selected prose of fernando pessoa is an important record of a crucial part of the literary canon.
The multifaceted and labyrinthine body of work by fernando pessoa 18881935, portugals greatest. Fernando pessoa, recognized as the greatest poet of the portuguese language was born on th of june 1888 in lisbon, portugal. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. Jul 15, 2008 the book is fascinating in that it shows us pessoa s view of his native city and pessoa, as an adult, rarely left lisbon, and it figures large in his poetry. The first comprehensive english translation of poetry from the renowned portuguese author of the book of disquiet.
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. Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. Fernando pessoa has 736 books on goodreads with 163055 ratings. 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. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 544 pages and is available in paperback format. 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.
Art of e ective dreaming constituting a veritable manual for dreamers at all levels. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics firm, records. On the low couch, on whose denuded whole, to hadrians eyes, whose sorrow was a dread, the shadowy light of deaths eclipse was shed. Gagliardi mario beirao e fernando pessoa pessoa plural. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. By bernardo soares, assistant bookkeeper in the city of lisbon. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer. Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. I started the book of disquiet many years ago and still havent finished. The book can still be useful to visitors today, given that the majority of the sights described are still to be found.
Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. Pdf the book of disquiet book by fernando pessoa free. It is probably difficult to separate the part each of them had in the origin of the movement, and certainly quite useless to determine it. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book.
The typescript was only discovered amongst his papers long after his death, but has not hitherto been made available in the uk or the usa. A peripheral shakespearean out of his time i was a poet animated by philosophy, not a philosopher with poetic faculties. 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. Zeniths selection is beautifully translated, compact while appropriately diverse. Project gutenberg offers 61,606 free ebooks to download. Free download or read online the book of disquiet pdf epub book. The transformation book provides significant insight. 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. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. Imagination, reality and the pleasure of masking and dreaming.
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. The book of disquiet is a journal by portuguese author fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa the book of disquiet edited and translated by richard. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Was 18 march 1914 the most extraordinary date in modern literature. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator. Nov 25, 2007 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Imagination, reality and the pleasure of masking and dreaming rodica grigore1 the portuguese writer fernando pessoa complicates the idea of fictionality, by underscoring the fact that the personality of soares the fictional author of the book of disquiet is neither his own nor com. Fernando pessoa, the transformation book by contra mundum. Antinous the rain outside was cold in hadrians soul. Mejores libros, ebooks o novelas del escritor fernando pessoa con su biografia y bibliografia. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas death. Feb 28, 2014 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. Podras ver y comprar sus nuevos y ultimos libros, novedades, packs especiales, descargar su libro digital en pdf o epub, obras y sagas del autor. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. 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. Santos, richard zenith, jose carlos barcellos, mario cesar lugarinho, fernando arenas, and others.
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