Fernando Pessoa
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(1 ratings)212 pages1971Dedalus Press, TheISBN 9781906614096
About this book
Fernando Pessoa, the great Portuguese poet and prose writer, has become an icon not only in his native Portugal -- where his likeness once adorned a monetary note -- but also in France, where he is revered in much the same way that Whitman is here. Never before has such a comprehensive and beautifully translated edition of his poetry been available in English. Richard Zenith has taken three of Pessoa's major "heteronyms" (the poet's term for his numerous literary alter egos), as well as the poetry Pessoa wrote "as himself", and created a volume of extraordinary emotional depth and poetic precision. With an introduction that throws light on the work and on the elusive man himself, Fernando Pessoa and Co. is an important addition to world literature.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Dedalus Press, The
- Published
- 1971
- Pages
- 212
- ISBN
- 9781906614096
About Fernando Pessoa
Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (Lisboa, 13 de junho de 1888 – Lisboa, 30 de novembro de 1935) foi um poeta português identificado com o modernismo, amplamente reconhecido como um dos principais expoentes da língua portuguesa e o maior poeta lusófono do século XX. Atuou também como dramaturgo, ensaísta, tradutor, publicitário, astrólogo, inventor, empresário, correspondente comercial, crítico literário e comentador político. ---------- Fernando Pessoa 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.
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