Saturday, January 07, 2006

Fernando PESSOA "F.PeopleThe Champion of the Poets

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1888: Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa is born on June 13, in Lisbon. - 1893: His father dies. - 1895: His mother marries Commander João Miguel Rosa. They move to Durban, South Africa. - 1904: He receives the Queen Victoria Memorial Prize, for an essay presented as part of the admission tests for Cape of Good Hope University. - 1905: He returns to Lisbon, alone. - 1912: He debuts as a writer in the literary magazine Águia. - 1915: Together with some friends, he founds Orpheu Magazine. - 1918/21: Publishes English Poems. - 1925: The poet's mother dies. - 1934: Publication of Mensagem. - 1935: Fernando Pessoa dies in Lisbon, victim of liver disorders.

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