35 Sonnets

Fernando Ant—nio Nogueira Pessoa (Lisbon, 13 June 1888 - Lisbon, 30 November 1935), more known as Fernando Pessoa, was a Portuguese poet and writer. Pessoa is considered one of the greatest Portuguese poets of all times, to the height of Lu’s Vaz de Cam›es; his works reflect the infuence of classic tradition and French symbolism, his poetry comes from saudosism. He is famous for having written under 73 different names; each of these persons has its own presumed biography, physical qualities, relationship to the others, poetic voice, and perspective, and in part it reflects Pessoa's conviction that there does not exist one integrated personality