Fernando Pessoa
Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (Portuguese: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du pɨˈsoɐ]; 13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher, and philosopher, described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language. He also wrote in and translated from English and French.
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| Born | Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa 13 June 1888 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 30 November 1935 (aged 47) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Pen name | Alberto Caeiro, Álvaro de Campos, Ricardo Reis, Bernardo Soares, etc. |
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| Language | Portuguese, English, French |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Citizenship | Portuguese |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
| Period | 1912–1935 |
| Genre | Poetry, essay, fiction |
| Literary movement | Modernism |
| Notable works | Mensagem (1934) The Book of Disquiet (1982) |
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| Partner | Ophelia Queiroz (girlfriend) |
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Pessoa was a prolific writer, and not only under his own name, for he created approximately seventy-five others, of which three stand out: Alberto Caeiro, Álvaro de Campos, and Ricardo Reis. He did not call them pseudonyms because he felt that this did not capture their true independent intellectual life and instead called them heteronyms. These imaginary figures sometimes held unpopular or extreme views.