Description:
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (Biography)
New York Times - Times Critics Top Books of 2021
New York Times Book Review - Editors' Choice
Kirkus Reviews - Best Nonfiction of the Year
Like Richard Ellmann's James Joyce, Richard Zenith's Pessoa immortalizes the life of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.
Brief description: Richard Zenith is an acclaimed translator and literary critic. His translations include Pessoa's The Book of Disquiet and Fernando Pessoa and Co.: Selected Poems, which won the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. The recipient of Portugal's Pessoa Prize, Zenith lives in Lisbon, Portugal.
Review Quotes: Monumental.... [Pessoa's writing] was a city that needed a guide. Thanks to Zenith, it has one at last.--Benjamin Moser "New York Times Book Review"