Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. Full text of fernando pessoa as english reader and writer see other formats. Fernando pessoa, author of the book of disquiet, on librarything. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935. 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. Fa the book of disquiet af fernando pessoa som bog pa engelsk 9780141183046 boger rummer alle sider af livet. I want pessoa to be as great as the version zenith presents. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. I have more souls than one penguin modern fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoas multiple voices have different styles and idioms, and each one is extraordinary. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. In bernardo soaress case, designed as the author of the book of disquiet, the identity does. Fernando pessoa and co selected poems by fernando pessoa.
The transformation book provides significant insight. Abstract a brief introduction to a comicbook about fernando pessoa is presented and followed by a segment of the same comicbook, about the assistant bookkeeper in the city of lisbon bernardo soares. Fernando pessoa por ele mesmo fernando antonio nogueira pessoa, nasceu em 1888, em lisboa. Fa the book of disquiet af fernando pessoa som paperback bog. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. Find alle boger af forfatteren fernando pessoa her. For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. October 15, 1890 november 30, 1935 was one of the poet fernando pessoas various heteronyms, widely known by his powerful and wrathful writing style. This books voluntarily alone author is fernando pessoa, a portuguese poet, writer, and polylinguist who invented fullyfleshed out heteronyms distinct and separate personalties of differing nationality and genderin order to pursue his writing in various idiosyncratic shades and styles. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer. Sadan havde jeg det med portugiseren fernando pessoa, da jeg for nylig. In the preface to the book of disquiet, pessoa wrote about himself. He also wrote in and translated from english and french.
Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the wikipedia article. According to his author, this alter ego was born in tavira, portugal, studied mechanical engineering and finally graduated in ship engineering in glasgow. Fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet goodreads. I cant tell which of the three englishlanguage editions of the book of disquiet ive read. But i dont think about it because thinking is not understanding. Han udgav kun en bog i sin levetid, digtsamlingen mensagem, men efterlod sig et stort og v.
If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics fernando pessoa. But fernando pessoas great work offers us a different approach altogether. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics ebook. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Fernando pessoa has 725 books on goodreads with 157438 ratings. Fernando pessoa is currently considered a single author. 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 completely different, and showing how pessoa was constrained by his own creations and creativity.
Like being tired of all illusions and of everything about illusions the loss of illusions, the uselessness of having them, the prefatigue of having to have them in order to lose them, the sadness of having had them, the intellectual shame of having had them knowing that they would. If ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator. Fundacao calouste gulbenkian ccdrlvt porlvt feder dglb. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography.
Fernando pessoa was a poet and did not write a single novel. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. The pedestal is adorned with magnificent figures depicting the rebuilding of lisbon after the great earthquake in 1755. The book of disquiet penguin classics pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard, zenith, richard on. Fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. 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. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week.
Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet. Fernando pessoa, life and work, comicbook, bernardo soares, a day in the life of. There are other books here that clearly extend the definition of novel think w g sebald and there is no doubt, as in other art forms, the definition of novel is changing and is. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. Top 10 tips for getting started with prezi video in your online classroom. Full text of fernando pessoa as english reader and writer. I wont go into a drawn out eulogy about fernando pessoa and this magnificent book just but it and see and then forever after, whenever you pick it up to read or dip into, youll be in a prosepoetic wonderland possibly the mostloved of all the books ive ever had. Howes fernando pessoa is widely considered to be the greatest portuguese poet of the twentieth century and a major writer of european stature. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets. Fernando pessoa s most popular book is the book of disquiet. The book of disquiet is funny, lifeaffirming, and, of course, desperately sad.
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