Fernando Pessoa (13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet and writer, most of whose work was published posthumously. He wrote frequently under heteronyms, alter egos with developed personalities, biographies, jobs, habits, attitudes, addresses, etc., who sometimes quoted and interacted with each other and other people.
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Also Known As
Pen Names:
Alberto Caeiro
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Álvaro de Campos
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Ricardo Reis
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Bernardo Soares
Native Name:
Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa
Alternative Names:
Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa
من سيقرأ أشعاري؟ صوب أية أَيْد ستتجه؟ زهرة أنا قطفوني من أجل متعة الأعين شجرة نزعوا ثمارها للأفواه نهر أنا و قَدَرُ مياهي أن تفارقني، مقهور، و مع ذلك، تقريباً، مسرور كَمَنْ أضجرتهُ ديمومة حزنه.
Every day things happen in the world that cannot be explained by any law of things we know. Every day they're mentioned and forgotten, and the same mystery that brought them takes them away, transforming their secret into oblivion. Such is the law by which things that can't be explained must be forgotten. The visible world goes on as usual in the broad daylight. Otherness watches us from the shadows.
