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O marinheiro e outros textos dramáticos
O marinheiro é um texto dramático escrito pelo poeta português Fernando Pessoa. Conta a história de três donzelas que velam uma donzela vestida de branco. O espaço cênico é um quarto de um velho castelo, e a ação se passa durante uma noite, em que as personagens falam do passado e questionam a existência da própria realidade. Em duas das peças estáticas mais antigas, Diálogo no jardim do palácio e A morte do príncipe, datadas de cerca de 1913 e cerca de 1914, respetivamente, ele explora o mistério da existência e o significado da vida.
64 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2021
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Fernando Pessoa
1,250 books6,632 followersFernando António Nogueira Pessoa was a poet and writer.
It is sometimes said that the four greatest Portuguese poets of modern times are Fernando Pessoa. The statement is possible since Pessoa, whose name means ‘person’ in Portuguese, had three alter egos who wrote in styles completely different from his own. In fact Pessoa wrote under dozens of names, but Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis and Álvaro de Campos were – their creator claimed – full-fledged individuals who wrote things that he himself would never or could never write. He dubbed them ‘heteronyms’ rather than pseudonyms, since they were not false names but “other names”, belonging to distinct literary personalities. Not only were their styles different; they thought differently, they had different religious and political views, different aesthetic sensibilities, different social temperaments. And each produced a large body of poetry. Álvaro de Campos and Ricardo Reis also signed dozens of pages of prose.
The critic Harold Bloom referred to him in the book The Western Canon as the most representative poet of the twentieth century, along with Pablo Neruda.
It is sometimes said that the four greatest Portuguese poets of modern times are Fernando Pessoa. The statement is possible since Pessoa, whose name means ‘person’ in Portuguese, had three alter egos who wrote in styles completely different from his own. In fact Pessoa wrote under dozens of names, but Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis and Álvaro de Campos were – their creator claimed – full-fledged individuals who wrote things that he himself would never or could never write. He dubbed them ‘heteronyms’ rather than pseudonyms, since they were not false names but “other names”, belonging to distinct literary personalities. Not only were their styles different; they thought differently, they had different religious and political views, different aesthetic sensibilities, different social temperaments. And each produced a large body of poetry. Álvaro de Campos and Ricardo Reis also signed dozens of pages of prose.
The critic Harold Bloom referred to him in the book The Western Canon as the most representative poet of the twentieth century, along with Pablo Neruda.
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June 18, 2026
Delightful reading and deep topics. It’s not a long text but it’s worth to take time to chew and swallow every single word that formulate Rhodes wonderful texts. It also gives a little insight on Pessoa’s life and of static theater. “ When will come the day? - Does it matter? It will always come anyway… always, always and always…”
July 17, 2024
O marinheiro e outras peças (Maralto edições)
January 2, 2025
"O poeta é um fingidor..."
Belíssimo.
Belíssimo.
September 8, 2025
É incrível como Fernando Pessoa consegue transformar suas reflexões mais absurdas em textos, surpreendentemente, coesos e incríveis
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