Fernando Pessoa

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born

June 13, 1888

died

November 30, 1935

gender

male

place of birth

Lisbon, Portugal

genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction, Philosophy

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Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa was a poet and writer. The critic Harold Bloom referred to him in the book The Western Canon as the most representative poet of the twentieth century, along with Pablo Neruda.

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avg rating: 4.46 | 1,829 ratings | 183 reviews | 195 distinct works | 56 fans

	The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa avg rating 4.57 — 649 ratings — published 1983 29 editions	my rating:
	Fernando Pessoa & Co: Selected Poems by Fernando Pessoa (Author), Richard Zenith (Editor, Translator, Foreword) avg rating 4.40 — 143 ratings — published 1999 2 editions	my rating:
	Poems of Fernando Pessoa by Fernando Pessoa avg rating 4.44 — 133 ratings — published 1998	my rating:
	A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems by Fernando Pessoa avg rating 4.30 — 84 ratings — published 2006	my rating:
	The Collected Poems of Alberto Caeiro by Fernando Pessoa avg rating 4.20 — 84 ratings — published 1980 11 editions	my rating:
	Mensagem - Poemas esotéricos by Fernando Pessoa (Author), Yvette Centeno (Contributor), Dalila Pereira da Costa (Contributor), Maria Aliete Galhoz (Contributor), Maria Helena da Rocha Pereira (Contributor), Teresa Rita Lopes (Contributor), José Caro Proença (Contributor), António Quadros (Contributor) more... Eduardo Lourenço (Contributor), Américo da Costa Ramalho (Contributor), Clara Rocha (Contributor), Adrien Roig (Contributor), José Augusto Seabra (Editor), Luís Filipe B. Teixeira (Contributor), Onésimo Teotónio Almeida (Contributor), José Edil de Lima Alves (Contributor), José Blanco (Contributor) [close] avg rating 4.35 — 62 ratings — published 1993 11 editions	my rating:
	Poesia by Fernando Pessoa avg rating 4.47 — 36 ratings — published 1996 3 editions	my rating:
	The Keeper of Sheep by Fernando Pessoa avg rating 4.38 — 34 ratings — published 1976 4 editions	my rating:
	El banquero anarquista by Fernando Pessoa (Author), Antonio Garrido (Translator), Carlos Elliff (Prologue) avg rating 3.81 — 37 ratings — published 1985 21 editions	my rating:
	Always Astonished: Selected Prose by Fernando Pessoa avg rating 4.50 — 24 ratings — published 1988 2 editions	my rating:

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quotes by Fernando Pessoa

"No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it"
— Fernando Pessoa

tags: humour

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"I've always rejected being understood. To be understood is to prostitute oneself. I prefer to be taken seriously for what I'm not, remaining humanly unknown, with naturalness and all due respect"
— Fernando Pessoa (The Book of Disquiet)

21 people liked it

"There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful."
— Fernando Pessoa (The Book of Disquiet)

tags: life, pain, ships

15 people liked it

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