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There is a huge archive effort of Pessoa's poems in: http://arquivopessoa.net/ http://arquivopessoa.net/ Most of it is in original Portuguese but there is an
by DoingIsLearning 5y ago
There is a huge archive effort of Pessoa's poems in:
http://arquivopessoa.net/ http://arquivopessoa.net/
Most of it is in original Portuguese but there is an English poems section 'Poesia Inglesa'.
To be fair I think as with most poetry it is worth reading in the native language to fully appreciate it.
- ikurei 5y agoTo clarify, Pessoa did write also in English and French. His poems in English are not translations, he did write in those languages. If I'm not mistaken, his famous "Give me some more wine, because life is nothing"[1] was originally written in english. [1] https://disquietthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/11/there-are-diseases.html https://disquietthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/11/there-are-dise...
- DoingIsLearning 5y agoIndeed to clarify his poems under the pen name 'Alexander Search' were originally written by Pessoa in English. The general understanding is that the heteronym was influenced by his childhood in South-Africa.