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  FERNANDO PESSOA

  (1888 - 1935)

  Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa was born on 13th June 1888 in Lisbon, but left for South Africa in 1896 after the
  death of his father and the re-marriage of his mother. He attended various schools, where he received an English
  education. Returning to Portugal in 1905, he settled in Lisbon, where he started an intense literary activity. A
  supporter of the Portuguese Renaissance, he later broke away from it and in 1915, together with Mário de
  Sá-Carneiro, Almada Negreiros and others, strove to renew Portuguese literature through the creation of the
  magazine Orpheu, a vehicle for new ideas and new aesthetics. Due to his capacity for «otherness», he created several
  pseudonyms (Alberto Caeiro, Álvaro de Campos, Ricardo Reis, Bernardo Soares, etc.), signing his works according to
  the personality of each name. He wrote in various magazines, published a book of his poems written in English and,
  in 1934, won a literary competition sponsored by the Secretariat for National Propaganda, category B, with Mensagem,
  which was published in the same year. His premature death in 1935 left the great part of his oeuvre unpublished. He
  is considered one of the greatest Portuguese poets.

  Links (Texts in English)

  Fernando Pessoa (Biography) - http://www.answers.com

  Fernando Pessoa (Life and works) - http://www.vidaslusofonas.pt

  Mensagem (the work, 1934) - http://www.tabacaria.org

  Fernando Pessoa (Various texts I) - http://pintopc.home.cern.ch

  Fernando Pessoa (Various texts II) - http://pwp.netcabo.pt

  Fernando Pessoa (Various texts III) - http://www.disquiet.com

  House of Fernando Pessoa - http://www.casafernandopessoa.com

  BIBLIOGRAPHY

  Books and collections of poetry published during the author’s lifetime

  35 sonnets, by Fernando Pessoa, Lisbon, Ed. Monteiro Co.1918; Antinous, a poem by Fernando Pessoa, Lisbon, Ed. Monteiro e Co., 1918;   English Poems I-II by Fernando Pessoa, Lisbon, Olisipo, 1921; English Poems III, Lisbon, Olisipo, 1921; Mensagem, Parceria António   Pereira, Lisboa, 1934.

  Works published posthumously

  The Complete Works of Fernando Pessoa, “Poetry” collection, Lisbon, Ed. Ática; Poetry of Fernando Pessoa, 1st ed. 1942; Poetry of Álvaro de
  Campos, 1st ed. 1944; Poems by Alberto Caeiro, 1st ed. 1946; Odes by Ricardo Reis, 1st ed.1946; Mensagem, Fernando Pessoa, 3rd ed.
  1945; Dramatic Poems, by Fernando Pessoa, 1st ed 1952; Unpublished Poems by Fernando Pessoa (1930-1935), 1st ed. 1955; Unpublished
  Poems by Fernando Pessoa (1919-1935), 1st ed. 1956; Quadras ao Gosto Popular (Stanzas to Popular Taste) by Fernando Pessoa, 1st ed.
  1965; New Unpublished Poems by Fernando Pessoa, 1st ed.1973; English Poems published by Fernando Pessoa, 1st ed. 1974; The Poetic
  Work of Fernando Pessoa, Lisbon, Publicações Europa-América, 1986; O Guardador de Rebanhos (The Shepherd) by Alberto Caeiro, facsimile
  edition, Lisbon, Ed Dom Quixote, 1986; Primeiro Fausto (The First Faust), São Paulo, Edições Epopeia, 1986.

  Prose and epistolary Works 

  A Nova Poesia Portuguesa (The New Portuguese Poetry), Lisbon, Inquérito, 1944; Cartas de Amor (Love Letters) by Fernando Pessoa, Lisbon,
  Ed. Ática, 1st ed., 1978; Letters from Fernando Pessoa to Armando Cortes Rodrigues, 3rd ed., Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 1985; Letters from
  Fernando Pessoa to João Gaspar Simões, 2nd ed., Lisbon, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 1982; Da República, Lisbon, Ed. Ática 1st
  ed.1979; Fernando Pessoa - O Comércio e a Publicidade (Fernando Pessoa – Commerce and Publicity), Lisbon, Ed. Cimevoz/Lusomédia, 1986;
  Livro do desassossego (The Book of Disquiet) by Bernardo Soares, Lisbon, Ed. Ática, 1982, 2 vols.; Prose Works, Rio de Janeiro, Nova Aguilar,
  1974; Prose Works by Fernando Pessoa, Lisbon, publicações Europa-América, 1987; Escritos Íntimos, Cartas e Páginas Auto-Biográficas
  (Intimate Writings, Letters and Autobiographical Pages); Textos de Intervenção Social e Cultural - A ficção dos Heterónimos (Socially and
  Culturally Committed Texts – The Fiction of Heteronyms); Livro do Desassossego (The Book of Disquiet) by Bernardo Soares, Part I; Livro do
  Desassossego (The Book of Disquiet) by Bernardo Soares, Part II; Fiction and Theatre - O Banqueiro Anarquista (The Anarchist Banker), Novelas
  Policiárias (Detective Stories), O Marinheiro e Outros (The Seaman and Others); A Procura da Verdade Oculta - Textos Filosóficos e Esotéricos (The
  Search for the Hidden Truth - Philosophical and Esoteric Texts); Portugal, Sebastianismo e Quinto Império (Portugal, Sebastianism and the Fifth
  Empire); Pages on Political Thinking - I (1910-1919); Pages on Political Thinking - II (1925-1935); Pages on Aesthetic Doctrine, Lisbon,
  Inquérito, 1946; Pages on Aesthetics and Theory and Literary Criticism, Lisbon, Ed. Ática 1st ed. undated; Páginas Íntimas e de Auto
  Interpretação (Intimate and Self-interpreting Pages), Lisbon, Ed. Ática, 1st ed.1966; On Portugal, Lisbon, Ed. Ática, 1st ed.1979; Philosophical
  Texts, Lisbon, Ed. Ática, 1st ed. 1968, 2 vols; Texts for Company Directors, Lisbon, Ed. Cinevoz, 1969; Textos de Crítica e de Intervenção
  (Critical and Interventive Texts), Lisboa, Ed. Ática, 1st ed. 1980; Ultimatum e Páginas de Sociologia Política (Ultimatum and Pages on Political
  Sociology), Lisbon, Ed. Ática, 1st ed.1980.