Sentir Tudo de Todas as Maneiras
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Inventing an avant-garde movement and its principal protagonists, then attempting to institutionalize the movement with literary criticism written by yet more imagined personae: it seems, at first, insane. Indeed, Pessoa feared for his sanity as a youth, having watched his paternal grandmother lose her grip on reality. But as a student of fin-de-siècle theories that posited a correlation between artistic genius and mental degeneracy, Pessoa decided his mind was one thus afflicted. Regardless of its cause, Pessoa’s mad strategy succeeded. from Conceptual Personae - The many imagined lives of Fernando Pessoa
The article, prompted by Richard Zenith's recent biography of Pessoa, includes a link to the massive online archive of the poet's work, which includes many poems in English (index line #7 "Poesia Inglesa").
Source of the post title: Álvaro de Campos, "Sentir tudo de todas as maneiras"
Quetzal publica biografia de Fernando Pessoa por Richard Zenith
Richard Zenith presents Pessoa: A Biography in conversation with Patricio Ferrari
The article, prompted by Richard Zenith's recent biography of Pessoa, includes a link to the massive online archive of the poet's work, which includes many poems in English (index line #7 "Poesia Inglesa").
Source of the post title: Álvaro de Campos, "Sentir tudo de todas as maneiras"
Quetzal publica biografia de Fernando Pessoa por Richard Zenith
Richard Zenith presents Pessoa: A Biography in conversation with Patricio Ferrari
Wow, you weren't kidding about that archive! Thank you.
posted by the sobsister at 9:26 AM on January 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by the sobsister at 9:26 AM on January 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
Pessoa truly is an endlessly fascinating figure. I was going to say there must be worlds in which he is a heterónimo of Ricardo Reis, Álvaro dos Campos, etc., but no. They would not need to create anyone, especially anyone like Fernando Pessoa.
Zenith has done a ton of good work in translating him over the years, but I haven't worked up the guts to tackle the ~1000 pages of his Pessoa biography.
posted by heteronym at 11:40 AM on January 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
Zenith has done a ton of good work in translating him over the years, but I haven't worked up the guts to tackle the ~1000 pages of his Pessoa biography.
posted by heteronym at 11:40 AM on January 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
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