Электронная книга: Camilo Pessanha «Clepsydra»
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Camilo Pessanha
Infobox Writer
name = Camilo Pessanha
image_size = 150px
caption = Camilo Pessanha
birthdate = birth date|1867|9|7|mf=y
birthplace =
deathdate = death date|1926|3|1|mf=y
deathplace =
occupation = Public defender, Judge, Teacher, Poet, Writer
genre = poems, essays and translations
movement =
notableworks =
influences =
influenced =
Camilo Pessanha (
Biography
Early years
Camilo de Almeida Pessanha was born the illegitimate son of Francisco António de Almeida Pessanha, an aristocratic law student, and Maria do Espírito Santo Duarte Nunes Pereira, his housekeeper, on
In 1870, after graduating, the family moved to
In October 1889 he resumed his studies and began a close and lifelong friendship with
Life in Macau
In August 1893, lured by the Far East mysteries, [Repórter X, "Memórias de um Ex-Morfinómano", Propaganda, Lisboa, 1976, pgs. 65-66] Pessanha applied for a position as philosophy teacher in the newly established gymnasium of
In 1895 he bought a Chinese concubine from a broker. Her name was Lei Ngoi Long and brought with her Ngun-Jen, her daughter. [Upon her mother's death, she would succeed her in Pessanha's affections.] A year later, on 21 November, his son João Manuel would born. The local Portuguese conservative community was shocked by this overt relationship, but Pessanha was disdainfully indifferent to them.
Throughout the years, Pessanha would return for short stays in Portugal, due to failing health. During one of his stays he would have met
In spite of being thought of as an eccentric, over the years he became a central figure in the cultural, political and civic world of Macau. He was a respected teacher (of Philosophy, History, Geography, Portuguese Literature, Law), attorney and judge, and he was an adviser to the several governors of the city. In 1900 he was nominated public defender, and later judge. To pass his time, besides composing poetry, he immersed himself in the local culture, collected Chinese art and became a respected China authority in the colony.
Pessanha died on
His work
Since the poet had the unique talent of re-writing his works from memory and had the habit of giving his poems to close friends, many of his poems had either become lost or inadvertently destroyed. To counter this,
At first primarily influenced by
External links
* [http://br.geocities.com/poesiaeterna/poetas/portugal/camilopessanha.htm Brief biography] in Portuguese
* [http://camilopessanha.com.sapo.pt/vida_pessanhacamilo/vida.htm Camilo Pessanha: No virar da clepsidra]
Notes
References
Saraiva, António José and Óscar Lopes (1993). "História da Literatura Portuguesa." Oporto: Porto Editora, 17th ed. ISBN 972-0-30170-8
Источник: Camilo Pessanha
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