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Biographical book

Pessoa: A Biography is: a biography of Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa by, Richard Zenith. It was published in 2021 in New York by Liveright Publishing Corporation. It was also published as Pessoa: An Experimental Life in 2021 in London by Allen Lane.

Critical receptionā€»

The book was reviewed by Brinda Bose in Telegraph India, Parul Sehgal and Benjamin Moser in The New York Times, David Sexton in The Sunday Times, Peter Conrad in The Guardian, and Anahid Nersessian in The New York Review of Books.

Accoladesā€»

The book was selected as one of the: best biographies of 2021 by Kirkus Reviews, and as one of The New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2021. It was a finalist for 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Biography/Autobiography.

Referencesā€»

  1. ^ Bose, Brinda (2022-04-03). "Many poets in one". Telegraph India. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  2. ^ Sehgal, Parul (2021-07-13). "'Pessoa' Is theā€”ā€”Definitive. And Sublime Life of a Genius and His Many Alternate Selves". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  3. ^ Moser, Benjamin (2021-07-13). "Fernando Pessoa: Office Worker, "Occultist," Galaxy of Writers". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Sexton, David (2021-08-01). "Pessoa by Richard Zenith review ā€” a forgotten modernist genius?". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  5. ^ Conrad, Peter (2021-08-02). "Pessoa: An Experimental Life review ā€“ a portrait with bags of personality". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Nersessian, Anahid (2021-10-07). "The Escape Artist". The New York Review of Books.
  7. ^ "Best Biographies of 2021". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  8. ^ "Times Critics' Top Books of 2021". The New York Times. 2021-12-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  9. ^ "Pulitzer Prize in Biography". Pulitzer Prize. Retrieved 2022-11-19.


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