The fernando pessoa books are written have also been translated to and from french along with english. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa librarything. The main characters of this poetry, fiction story are bernardo soares. November 30, 1935 in the same city was a portuguese poet and writer. Contos escolhidos by fernando pessoa a bag full of stories. The critic harold bloom referred to him in the book the western canon as the most representative poet of the twentieth century, along with pablo neruda.
Fernando pessoa 18881935, the portuguese poet, literary critic, and essayist, is one of the most significant literary figures of the twentieth century. Explore this section and find out some of the most famous quotes by fernando pessoa. The book includes four poems by fernando pessoa himself, and two each respectively by his three major heteronyms, each translation accompanied by the portuguese text handwritten by four different people, referring of course, to those four major persons who authored pessoa s poetry. 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. He fondly remembers an office boy who collected travel brochures, but never. Fernando pessoas most popular book is the book of disquiet. He also wrote in and translated from english and french. 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 classics fernando pessoa. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoa s greatest literary achievement. Sony atv publishing, umpi, public domain compositions, latinautor, bmi broadcast music inc. Livro do desassossego the book of disquiet, fernando pessoa the book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935.
An autobiography or diary containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Book of disquiet has been a privilege, a pleasure and a challenge. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the book of disquiet. Maria bethania declama fernando pessoa e cantando o doce.
The distinguishing styles and themes of each of his characters that he. Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the family lived from 1896. Fernando pessoa, a modernist portuguese writer, is betterknown as a poet and for being the author of the book of disquiet, but he also wrote various short stories throughout his life. Pessoa s nearnovel is a complete masterpiece, the sort of book one makes friends with and cannot bear to be parted with. When pessoa died, he left behind a trunk filled with disorderly scraps of unpublished poems and unfinished works, among which was the book. Edwin honigs translations of spanish and portuguese poetry have been known to anyone who cares about either, since his work on lorca in the forties, and his selected poems of pessoa 1971 was a welcome step toward a longawaited larger colection. While fernando pessoa is internationally now known mostly for his masterpiece the book of disquiet, he was also an outstanding poet.
The book of disquiet is funny, lifeaffirming, and, of course, desperately sad. The fernando pessoa written works were not only under the prolific writers name but also under several others. The book of disquiet penguin classics pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard, zenith, richard on. 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. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet.
Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. 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. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. This wonderful text is considered fernando pessoa s best book of prose and was published after his death. 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. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. A prolific writer, ascribing his work to a variety of personas or heteronyms, pessoa. Fernando pessoa s the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Fernando pessoa, recognized as the greatest poet of the portuguese language was born on th of june 1888 in lisbon, portugal.
Howes fernando pessoa is widely considered to be the greatest portuguese poet of the twentieth century and a major writer of european stature. These quotes from the book of disquiet are true works of art. Pessoa loved the minutiae of what we care to deem the ordinary life, and that love enriches and deepens his art. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer. Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. They are mainly characterised by being quite philosophical and. Fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet goodreads. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures.
This perpetually unclassifiable and unfinished book of selfreflective fragments was first published in portuguese in 1982, and it is arguably pessoas masterpiece. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas. Great quotes from the book of disquiet exploring your mind. He moved to durban, south africa, as a child, becoming bilingual portuguese, english. Preface by fernando pessoa, a factless autobiography and a disquiet an thology. Books best sellers new releases childrens books textbooks australian authors kindle books audiobooks 116 of 572 results for books. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Discover book depositorys huge selection of fernando pessoa books online. Fernando pessoa audio books, best sellers, author bio.
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. Fernando pessoa the book of disquiet read by adam sims unabridged. 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. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas death. 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 antonio nogueira pessoa pronounced fndu pso. However, pessoa s brilliance as a writer can be felt in his quotes that touch various aspects of life, such as happiness, contentment, failure, solitude, yearning, hope, regret, dreams, living, and so on. 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.
Antinous the rain outside was cold in hadrians soul. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 544 pages and is available in paperback format. It is a journey of the spirit through the material world and, since it is the spirit that travels, it is in the spirit that it is experienced fernando pessoa. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, paperback. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa has 725 books on goodreads with 157438 ratings.
Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. The book of disquiet ebook written by fernando pessoa. This book includes some fragments of his diary, short reflections, and adages. 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. With pessoa s digitized private library online, the importance of english to pessoa has become indisputable, particularly in his formative years. 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.
He is distinguished as the most momentous literary figure of the 20th century who played a major role in the development of. Fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. 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. Buy fernando pessoa ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Four previous english translations, all published in 1991, were compromised either by abridgement, poor translation or errorladen source texts. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Fernando pessoa s most popular book is the book of disquiet. Pessoa, fernando article about pessoa, fernando by the free.
Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. On the low couch, on whose denuded whole, to hadrians eyes, whose sorrow was a dread, the shadowy light of deaths eclipse was shed. Most of pessoas prolific writings, only a single volume of which appeared in. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon. Im about halfway through the book, and i have to say that pessoas poems are excellent. In the preface to the book of disquiet, pessoa wrote about himself. I have recently finished the anthology contos escolhidos, comprising ten of his short stories. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. This is 19 minutes it contains notes 15 and includes pessoas preface where he claims to meet bernardo soares, the author of this book i. If all this sounds rather vague then that is because pessoa. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary. Fall 2015 603 awell eknownpoetonceaskedmeifiwoulddohimthefavoroftransl ating.
Fernando pessoa the portuguese author attributed his work to literary alter egos that he called heteronyms, each of which had a fully developed identity. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoa s death. Pdf the book of disquiet book by fernando pessoa free. So, this book has the ability to make you look inside yourself, guide by one of the best poets of all times. The book of disquiet fernando pessoa elif the reader. City lights books, 1998, isbn 9780872863422 cs1 maint. If ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Free download or read online the book of disquiet pdf epub book. But fernando pessoas great work offers us a different approach altogether.
Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry. 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. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Fernando pessoa and the book of disquiet others can write better, and truer, things about fernando pessoa than i can, but the salient facts for these purposes are that pessoa 18881935 was a portuguese writer who published very little during his lifetime. Jul 20, 2016 licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of sony classical. The best fernando pessoa book series also proves that he was oneofthe finest portuguese poets of that time period. Top 9 best fernando pessoa books best fernando pessoa. The prizewinning translationthe best englishlanguage version we are likely to see for a long.
The book of disquiet is a journal by portuguese author fernando pessoa. As a summary of the work of the writer generally known as fernando pessoa, this autobiographical declaration poses some unusual problems. Pessoa wrote the book mainly for himself under the pseudonym bernardo soares, and it was not published until nearly half a century. Credited to pessoas alter ego, bernardo soares, who chronicles his contemplations in this socalled factless autobiography, the work is a journey of one mans soul and, by extension, of all human souls that allow their. The new edition of the book of disquiet, translated by margaret jull costa, presents the complete texts of the two. Was 18 march 1914 the most extraordinary date in modern literature. Fernando pessoa was able to understand dissapointment and regreat in a intemporal way, as a natural part of human nature. The first edition of the novel was published in 1982, and was written by fernando pessoa. Merwin fernando pessoa is the least known of the masters of the twentiethcentury poetry. 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.
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