Centenary Pessoa

Pessoa Fernando

"Author of paradoxes as clear as water and, as water, dizzying:...mysterious man who does not cultivate mystery, mysterious as the mid-day moon, taciturn phantom of the Portuguese mid-day – who is Pessoa?" asks Octavio Paz.

This collection of the work of Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) answers that question. It is an essential introduction to the work of one of the most original European poets of the twentieth century. It includes translations of a broad selection of his poems and his extraordinary prose, and some of his original English writings. A major introductory essay by Octavio Paz, a critical anthology, two posthumous "interviews" and illustrations from the Pessoa archive are also included, to reveal the world of Pessoa in all its richness.

About the Author

Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935), Portugal's greatest poet since Camoes, is one of Europe's greatest poets too. When he died he left a trunk full of poetry, philosophical writings, criticism and other texts. There are 25,426 items in the archive, including those that constitute "The Book of Disquietude".

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