Tuesday, July 15, 2008

News at Eleven: Translations by and courtesy of George Monteiro

The exalted Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa lived through a multitude of literary pseudonyms. One of the following poems is attributed to "Fernando Pessoa," one to "Alberto Caeiro," and two to "Alvaro de Campos," a retired, bisexual naval engineer and melancholic with an addiction to drugs.

Self-Analysis

from International Herald Tribune: Selected poems by Fernando Pessoa

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