WRITER

Fernando Pessoa

1888 - 1935

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Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa (; Portuguese: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃du pɨˈsoɐ]; 13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher. He has been 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. Pessoa was a prolific writer both in his own name and approximately seventy-five other names, of which three stand out: Alberto Caeiro, Álvaro de Campos, and Ricardo Reis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fernando Pessoa is the 181st most popular writer (down from 156th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 11th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Writer.

Fernando Pessoa is most famous for being a Portuguese poet and writer. He was born in Lisbon in 1888 and died in 1935.

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Among writers, Fernando Pessoa ranks 181 out of 7,302. Before him are William Faulkner, Anna Wintour, John Milton, Charlotte Brontë, Nizami Ganjavi, and Stéphane Mallarmé. After him are Al-Masudi, Mikhail Bulgakov, Catullus, Taras Shevchenko, Murasaki Shikibu, and Lope de Vega.

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Among people born in 1888, Fernando Pessoa ranks 4. Before him are T. S. Eliot, Heinz Guderian, and Alexander I of Yugoslavia. After him are Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Otto Stern, T. E. Lawrence, Dale Carnegie, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, José Raúl Capablanca, Roland Garros, and Frans Eemil Sillanpää. Among people deceased in 1935, Fernando Pessoa ranks 5. Before him are Kazimir Malevich, Józef Piłsudski, Arthur Henderson, and John Macleod. After him are Alfred Dreyfus, T. E. Lawrence, Paul Signac, Victor Grignard, Emmy Noether, Alban Berg, and Auguste Escoffier.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Fernando Pessoa ranks 10 out of 633. Before him are Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Anthony of Padua (1195), António de Oliveira Salazar (1889), José Saramago (1922), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), and António Guterres (1949). After him are Luís de Camões (1524), Cristiano Ronaldo (1985), Manuel I of Portugal (1469), Pope John XXI (1215), Isabella of Portugal (1503), and Afonso I of Portugal (1109).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Fernando Pessoa ranks 2. Before him are José Saramago (1922). After him are Luís de Camões (1524), Denis of Portugal (1261), Judah Leon Abravanel (1460), Luís Fróis (1532), José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845), Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), Almeida Garrett (1799), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), and Tomé Pires (1468).

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