Publisher's Synopsis
Poesia. First Anthology offers English-language readers a bilingual edition of the first anthology that was made of Fernando Pessoa's poetic work. Edited and introduced by Adolfo Casais Monteiro in the 1940s, it comprises a fine selection of poems as well as several prose texts, including the letter Pessoa addressed to Casais Monteiro explaining the origin of his heteronyms. The book includes a preface by George Monteiro and an essay by Eduardo Lourenço. Translation by Austen Hyde and illustrations by Kleber Sales.