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Fernando Pessoa
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Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935); creator of the heteronymic system including Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis, Álvaro de Campos, and Bernardo Soares

Also known as: Alberto Caeiro, Bernardo Soares, Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa, Ricardo Reis, Фернандо Пессоа, فرناندو بيسوا

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Known works

  • Livro do Desassossego
  • A educação do estóico (2006)
  • Poems
  • The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa
  • O guardador de rebanhos