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Richard Zenith

Author of Pessoa: A Biography

12+ Works 199 Members 1 Review

About the Author

Richard Zenith the author of Pessoa: A Biography, is a prolific translator of Portuguese and Brazilian poets and writers.

Works by Richard Zenith

Pessoa: A Biography (2019) 121 copies

Pessoa: An Experimental Life (2021) 28 copies

28 Portuguese Poets: A Bilingual Anthology (2015) 12 copies

Canal Panda - Escreve e Apaga as Letras (2022) 10 copies

One Hundred Thirteen Galician-Portuguese Troubadour Poems (Aspects of Portugal) (1995) 8 copies

Cantigas: Galician-Portuguese Troubadour Poems (The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation, 131) (2022) 6 copies

Fernando Pessoa & Ofelia Queiroz (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2013) 4 copies

Fotobiografia de Fernando Pessoa (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2011) 4 copies

Fotobiografias século XX: Fernando Pessoa 2 copies

Fernando Pessoa: fotobiografias: seculo XX (2008) 2 copies

Os 40 Melhores Sonetos de Luís de Camões e Outros Poemas Edição Bilingue 1 copy

Fernando Pessoa : o editor, o escritor e os seus leitores (2012) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Book of Disquiet (1982) — Editor/Translator, some editions — 5,116 copies

A Little Larger than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems (2006) — Translator — 384 copies

The Inquisitors' Manual (1996) — Translator, some editions — 378 copies

Fernando Pessoa & Co.: Selected Poems (1998) — Translator — 267 copies

The Education of the Stoic (1999) — Editor, some editions — 248 copies

Act of the Damned (1985) — Translator, some editions — 198 copies

A Centenary Pessoa (1995) — Translator, some editions — 66 copies

Selected Poetry, 1937-1990 (Wesleyan Poetry) (1994) — Translator — 20 copies

Poetry East, Number Twenty-eight, Fall 1989 (1989) — Translator — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Zenith, Richard
Birthdate: 1956-02-23
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Portugal (citizenship)
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA
Places of residence: Washington, D.C., USA
Colombia
Brazil
France
Portugal
Education: University of Virginia
Occupations: translator
writer
Awards and honors: Guggenheim Fellowship (1987)
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation (1999)
Harold Morton Landon Translation Award (2006)
Prémio Pessoa (2012)

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Pessoa: An Experimental Life by Richard Zenith

"Todas las vidas de Pessoa", Antonio Muñoz Molina, Babelia 27.08.2021: https://elpais.com/babelia/2021-08-27/todas-las-vidas-de-pessoa.html

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Pessoa: A Biography (Finalist – Biography – 2022)

Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

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Works: 12
Also by: 9
Members: 199
Popularity: #110,457
Rating: 4.2

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 20
Languages: 1

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