Fernando Pessoa

"Kenties jonain päivänä tajutaan, että täytin kaikkia muita paremmin synnynnäisen velvollisuuteni vuosisatamme yhden aikakauden tulkkina, ja kun se tajutaan, kirjoitetaan, että minua ei ymmärretty aikanani, että jouduin onnettomuudekseni elämään keskellä kylmyyden ja piittaamattomuuden ilmapiiriä ja että valitettavasti minulle kävi niin. Ja se joka kirjoittaa sanat on oleva omana aikakautenaan niitä jotka eivät ymmärrä, täysin samanlainen kuin ne jotka ympäröivät minua nyt. Ihmiset oppivat pelkästään sen mistä olisi ollut hyötyä heidän esi-isilleen. Osaamme opettaa todellista elämänviisautta vain kuolleille.”Fernando Pessoan pääteos Levottomuuden kirja syntyi vuosina 1913-1934 mutta ilmestyi ensimmäisen kerran vasta 1982. Kirjassa Lissabonin kaupungin apulaiskirjanpitäjä Bernando Soares tarkkailee valppaasti ja täydellisin lausein maailman menoa ja ennen kaikkea itseään: ”Minä olen kaikki ihmiset.”Portugalilaista Fernando Pessoaa (1888-1935) pidetään yhtenä 1900-luvun merkittävimmistä kirjailijoista. Hän työskenteli myös kääntäjänä ja oli ahkera lehtikirjoittaja.

Tähän kokoelmaan on valittu Fernando Pessoan tähän saakka Suomessa lähes täysin tuntematonta materiaalia. Mukana on 7 novellia, joista yhtä voisi kuvata edgarallanpoemaiseksi kauhutarinaksi, ja loput kuusi ovat pessoamaisia 1900-luvun alun rikostarinoita, joissa erilaisia rikoksia ratkaisee hieman omalaatuinen ja ylimielinen mutta kuitenkin huippuälykäs tohtori Quaresma. Näille tarinoille on tyypillistä, rikosten ratkaisemisen lisäksi, tohtori Quaresman monologit (tai toisinaan keskustelut) tapauksiin liittyvistä filosofisista ja psykologisista kysymyksistä. Kertomukset on kirjoitettu aikavälillä 1907-1935. Quaresma-tarinoita on aikaisemmin käännetty ranskaksi ja espanjaksi.Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) oli portugalilainen runoilija, kirjailija ja filosofi, jota pidettiin laajalti yhtenä 1900-luvun suurimmista kirjallisista henkilöistä. Lissabonissa syntyneen Pessoan työ tunnetaan monimutkaisuudestaan ja innovatiivisesta kirjallisten henkilöiden eli “heteronyymien” käytöstä, joiden avulla hän tutki erilaisia tyylejä, teemoja ja filosofioita. Pessoan tiedetään kirjoittaneen aikanaan yli 70 eri nimellä. Pessoan panoksella modernistiseen kirjallisuuteen on ollut suuri ja syvällinen vaikutus sekä portugalilaisiin että kansainvälisiin kirjallisuuden perinteisiin. Hänen kirjoituksensa pohtivat usein identiteetin, todellisuuden ja olemassaolon teemoja.

The Washington Post Book World has written that Fernando Pessoa was "Portugal's greatest writer of the twentieth century though] some critics would even leave off that last qualifying phrase" and "one of the most appealing European modernists, equal in command and range to his contemporaries Rilke and Mandelstam." The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa, a Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2001, spans playful philosophical inquiry, Platonic dialogue, and bitter intellectual scrapping between Pessoa and his many literary alter egos ("heteronyms"). The heteronyms launch movements and write manifestos, and one of them attempts to break up Pessoa's only known romantic relationship. Also included is a generous selection from Pessoa's masterpiece, The Book of Disquiet, freshly translated by Richard Zenith from newly discovered materials. The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa is an important record of a crucial part of the literary canon.

"At last, at last, at last, Pessoa again! More Pessoa! One of the very great poets of the twentieth century, again and more! And one of the fascinating figures of all literature, with his manifold identities, his amazing audacities, his brilliance and his shyness. I think I have under control the reluctance I feel in having to share Pessoa with the public he should have had all along in America: until now, only the poets, so far as I can tell, have even heard of him, and delighted and exulted in him. He is, in some ways, the poet of modernism, the only one willing to fracture himself into the parcels of action, anguish, and nostalgia which are the grounds of our actual situation." --C. K. Williams "Pessoa is one of the great originals (a fact rendered more striking by his writing as several distinct personalities) of the European poetry of the first part of this century, and has been one of the last poets of comparable stature, in the European languages, to become known in English. Edwin Honig's 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 long-awaited larger colection." -- W. S. Merwin "Fernando Pessoa is the least known of the masters of the twentieth-century poetry. From his heteronymic passion he produced, if that is the word, two of our greatest poets, Alberto Caeiro and Alvaro de Campos, and a third, Ricardo Reis, who isn't bad. Pessoa is the exemplary poet of the self as other, of the poem as testament to unreality, proclamation of nothingness, occasion for expectancy. In Edwin Honig's and Susan Brown's superb translations, Pessoa and his "others" live with miraculous style and vitality." --Mark Strand Fernando Pessoa is Portugal's most important contemporary poet. He wrote under several identities, which he called heteronyms: Albet Caeiro, Alvaro de Campos, Ricardo Reis, and Bernardo Soares. He wrote fine poetry under his own name as well, and each of his "voices" is completely different in subject, temperament, and style. This volume brings back into print the comprehensive collection of his work published by Ecco Press in 1986.

Here is the fourth in a series of volumes by Fernando Pessoa's celebrated "heteronyms," a coterie of writers that Pessoa created and conceived as distinct personalities, each with a unique literary style. Ricardo Reis was imagined as a melancholic doctor "with a darkish complexion," a self-taught Hellenist who exiled himself in Brazil because he was a monarchist. In a 1914 letter to Pessoa, the writer M rio S -Carneiro described Reis's odes as "admirable," "a marvel of impersonality," praising the way he "achieved a Horatian, classical novelty.'" Based on the definitive Tinta-da-China edition, published in Lisbon in 2016, this bilingual collection includes an illuminating introduction by Pessoa scholar Jer nimo Pizarro, facsimiles of original manuscripts, and prose excerpts written by Ricardo Reis on art, on life, and on the writings of Pessoa's other heteronyms. Magnificently translated by Margaret Jull Costa and Patricio Ferrari, The Complete Works of Ricardo Reis is a must-have collection by one of Pessoa's most refined heteronyms.

“Sincerity is the one great artistic crime. Insincerity is the second greatest.”In addition to his literary and fictional works, Fernando Pessoa wrote a multiplicity of theoretical texts concerning literature and aesthetics. In Writings on Art and Poetical Theory we see Pessoa exploring, under the guise of various heteronyms, general theories on poetics, the poetry produced by his other heteronyms, and the uses and abuses of criticism. Also included are essays on translation, the sensationist movement, and the history of English literature.This edition, prepared by Nuno Ribeiro and Cláudia Souza, provides a fascinating overview of Pessoa’s writings on art and poetic theory—most of which are presented here for the first time to English readers—thereby opening the way for future studies on one of the most significant authors of Portuguese modernism.

Experience the profound beauty and timeless artistry of Fernando Pessoa's "35 Sonnets." This collection showcases the power and precision of the sonnet form through a selection of poems exploring universal themes. As a major figure in European poetry, Pessoa's work resonates with readers seeking profound insights into the human condition. This meticulously prepared edition presents these poems in a format suitable for both casual reading and scholarly study. Explore the depths of human emotion and intellect captured in these carefully crafted verses. A testament to the enduring power of poetry, "35 Sonnets" offers a glimpse into the soul of one of literature's most celebrated voices. Perfect for enthusiasts of European poetry and anyone seeking the enduring beauty of classic poems.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

En el "Libro del desasosiego" estamos ante una profusi n in dita de im genes que operan como un calidoscopio, compuesto de fragmentos, en el que la sensibilidad y la lucidez de su autor se hermanan para mostrarnos un universo de una extraordinaria complejidad humana. Uno de los retratos m s asombrosos de la ciudad de Lisboa y mapa espiritual del hombre moderno que hacen de ella una de las obras magistrales del siglo XX. In the "Book of Disquiet" we are faced with an unprecedented profusion of images that operate like a kaleidoscope, composed of fragments, in which the sensitivity and lucidity of its author are twinned to show us a universe of extraordinary human complexity. One of the most amazing portraits of the city of Lisbon and a spiritual map of modern man that make it one of the masterful works of the twentieth century.

Qu artista es tan grande como para impedir a su audiencia la asimilaci n total de su grandeza?"Quiz s tenga sentido, considerando el aprecio que tiene el mundo por los poetas, gozar en silencio los dones de la propia grandeza, antes que esperar el aplauso y la gratitud de los contempor neos. Pero esta me resulta una explicaci n triste, y la obra de Pessoa no es una concesi n al fracaso sino una forma imperial de fracasar: el gesto sublime de un derrotado que conquist su derrota y que dej en el aire la estela invisible de un arte tan desvaneciente como eterno, pero claro, me refiero a esas eternidades efimeras: lo que dura un lenguaje, lo dura una especie. Quiz s parte del plan era posponer deliberadamente su obra hasta que sea parte de la eternidad. Qu otro objeto sino la poes a tiene todo el tiempo del mundo a su favor?"

De todos los poetas que fue Fernando Pessoa, lvaro era el indisciplinado, y su poes a es como quien habla alto o grita en medio de los delirios de fiebre. Sol a estar exaltado, borracho, agobiado por el xtasis del insomnio, o pasado de opio. lvaro de Campos es el h roe del fracaso y del naufragio. Lleva hacia constelaciones picas la derrota serena que Pessoa es para s mismo: la usa como bandera y como emblema. Es el poeta de los mundos interiores infinitos que no llegaron a ocurrir; el poeta del talento inconmensurable y con el que no pudo lograr nada, ni hacer nada, el que vivi todas las vidas, pero solo del lado de adentro".No soy nada. Nunca ser nada. No puedo querer ser nada. Aparte de esto, tengo en m todos los sue os del mundo.

O banqueiro anarquista. O seu melhor e mais conhecido conto, sobre um banqueiro que se descreve a si mesmo como um anarquista, que ama a liberdade e odeia as imposi es sociais, e que acha que a melhor forma de se ver livre das amarras da sociedade e da influ ncia do dinheiro... adquirir o m ximo dinheiro poss vel para que ele deixe de ser um problema.O livro inclui 6 outros contos que foram encontrados na casa de Fernando Pessoa ap s a sua morte: Na farm cia do Evaristo, No jardim de Ep teto, Um grande portugu s, A pintura do autom vel, Na floresta do alheamento e A hora do Diabo.