Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Ant?nio Nogueira Pessoa (June 13, 1888 - November 30, 1935) was born in Lisbon and is seen by many as the greatest modern Portuguese author.

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Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa was born June 13th, 1888 in Lisbon, Portugal. Two early deaths beset Fernando's family when he was still a little boy: when he was five his father died, followed by his brothers' death a year after. His widowed mother married the Portuguese consul in Durban, South Africa. Pessoa attended English speaking schools in both Durban and Cape Town. He came to Lisbon at 17. He frequented Curso Superior de Letras, as he wrote his philosophical manuscripts. He met Mario de Sa Carneiro and other Portugueses poets. He wrote for A Aguia, Portugal's then leading literary review. Through his life, he published poetry and essays, saying " Portugueses Language is my fatherland"

June 13: June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining....

1888: 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors....

1935: 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar)....

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