"Livro Do Dessossogego (The Book of Disquiet)" the "factless autobiography" was written under the name of Bernardo Soares and appeared for the first time in 1982, almost fifty years after his death. In 1933, he published "Mensagem" his first book in Portuguese. His first book, "Antinous," appeared in 1918 and was followed by two other collection of poems, all written in English. The bulk of his work was published in literary magazines, especially in his own Athena. Pessoa was employed as a business correspondent and also as a commercial translator. During this time, Pessoa became fluent in English and was educated in Cape Town and Lisbon. His father died when he was young and his mother married the Portuguese consul in Durban in South Africa where they lived from 1896 to 1951. Fernando Pessoa, 1888 - 1935 Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa was born in Lisbon.
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