Fernando Pessoa

Born 13 June 1888 · Died 30 November 1935

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.

Quotes

“I come closer to my desk as to a bulwark against life.”
The Book of Disquiet
“I think of life as an inn where I have to stay until the abyss coach arrives. I don't know where it will take me, for I know nothing.”
The Book of Disquiet
“Yes, talking to people makes me sleepy.”
The Book of Disquiet

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Books by Fernando Pessoa in order

Books by Fernando Pessoa in the order they were published, from O Banqueiro Anarquista (1922) to Poetry (2024).

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Mário de Sá-CarneiroA close collaborator of Pessoa in the Orpheu group and a major Portuguese modernist poet and fiction writer. His work shares the early modernist energy and the sense of a fragmented self.
Jorge Luis BorgesAlso writes short, intricate pieces about identity, invented authors, libraries and fictional texts, which appeals to readers of Pessoa's experiments with personas.
Franz KafkaWrites about office life, anxiety and an inner world that resists clear explanation. Readers of The Book of Disquiet often find a similar mood in his work.
Robert WalserWrote short, observant prose about walks, small jobs and everyday life, with a quiet, self-aware narrator similar in tone to Bernardo Soares.
Italo SvevoA novelist who writes about self-deception, doubt and an unreliable inner voice, which connects to Pessoa's self-questioning prose.
Clarice LispectorWrites intensely interior prose about consciousness, identity and the difficulty of expressing feeling, which suits readers drawn to the inward style of Pessoa's poems and prose.