He attributed his prolific writings to a wide range of alternate selves, each of which had a distinct biography, ideology, and horoscope.
Book Synopsis The prizewinning, complete and unabridged translation-the best English-language version we are likely to see for a long time, if ever (The Guardian)-of a work of unclassifiable genius: the crowning achievement of Portugals modern master Edited, Translated, and with an Introduction by Richard Zenith, the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Pessoa: A Biography Winner of the Calouste Gulbenkian Translation Prize for Portuguese Translation A Penguin Classic Fernando Pessoa was many writers in one. Part intimate diary, part prose poetry, part descriptive narrative, captivatingly translated by Richard Zenith. About the Book Published for the first time 50 years after his death, this unique collection of short, aphoristic paragraphs comprises the autobiography of Bernardo Soares, one of Pessoas alternate selves.
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