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Fernando Pessoa

Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935).

Born June 13th, 1888 in Lisbon. [ref]

Died November 30th, 1935 at 47 years old in Lisbon (liver cirrhosis). [ref]

Occupations
author, essayist, literary critic, philosopher, poet, prosaist, translator, writer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner