Fernando Pessoa
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Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher. He has been described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th
Portrait of Pessoa 1914
Pessoa's birthplace: a large flat at São Carlos Square, just in front of Lisbon's opera.
Last year in Lisbon before moving to Durban, 1894, aged 6.
Pessoa in Durban, 1898, aged 10.
The Book of Disquiet
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The Book of Disquiet is a work by the Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa. Published posthumously, The Book of Disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it
Fernando Pessoa
…Merrick, the young writer also signed up, among other pen names, as Horace James Faber, Alexander Search, and other meaningful names. In the preface to The Book of Disquiet, Pessoa wrote about himself: Nothing had ever obliged him to do anything. He had spent his childhood alone. He never joined any group. He never pursued…
First edition
Plaque in Lisbon marking a building where part of The Book of Disquiet was written