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Born in Lisbon but schooled in South Africa, Pessoa (1888–1935) was a prolific modernist poet/aphorist famous for the staggering number of pseudonyms he used to express his various facets. First published in Portuguese in 1982 and once called the "solitary person's Bible," this diary-like meditation on major questions has been translated into English four times since 1991. Although its desultory thoughts have been variously or...Log In or Sign Up to Read More