""I have put all my mental discipline into Ricardo Reis, dressed in his own music."
— Fernando Pessoa, "Letter to Adolfo Casais Monteiro", January 13, 1935. [1]
Born in Oporto in 1887, Ricardo Reis was one year younger than Fernando Pessoa who describes him as very little shorter and stronger, but slim and a vague matte brown. Reis was educated at a Jesuit boarding school becoming a Latinist by education and a semi-Hellenist by his own, thus writing better than Pessoa, but with a purism that his author considered exaggerated. He was a doctor and Neoclassical poet who wrote neopagan, epicurist and stoicist odes. Politically a monarchist, he went into exile to Brazil after the defeat of a monarchical rebellion in Oporto against the Portuguese Republic[a] in 1919.[2]
"Around 1912, unless I make a mistake (which can never be a big one), I came up with the idea of writing some pagan poems. I sketched a few things in irregular verse (not in the Álvaro de Campos style, but in a half-regular style), and abandoned the case. I had, however, sketched a vague portrait of the person who was doing it (Ricardo Reis had been born, unbeknownst to me)."
— Fernando Pessoa, "Letter to Adolfo Casais Monteiro", January 13, 1935.
Reis Odes were first published in 1924 in the Athena: Revista de Arte [pt], founded by Fernando Pessoa and Ruy Vaz. Further eight odes were later published between 1927 and 1930 in the literary journal Presença. The remaining poems and prose were published posthumously.[3] In a letter to William Bentley, director of the journal Portugal, on October 31, 1924, to announce his journal Athena, Pessoa wrote that "a knowledge of the language would be indispensable, for instance, to appraise the 'Odes' of Ricardo Reis, whose Portuguese would draw upon him the blessing of António Vieira, as his stile and diction that of Horace (he has been called, admirably I believe, 'a Greek Horace who writes in Portuguese')".[4] Since Pessoa didn't determine the death of Reis, one can assume that he survived his author who died on November 30, 1935. In the novel The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1984), the Portuguese writer José Saramago rebuilds, in his own personal outlook, the literary world of this heteronym after 1935, creating a dialog between Ricardo Reis and the ghost of his author.
"How I write on behalf of these three [ heteronyms ]... Caeiro out of pure and unexpected inspiration, without knowing or even calculating that he was going to write. Ricardo Reis, after an abstract deliberation, which suddenly materialized into an ode."
— Fernando Pessoa, "Letter to Adolfo Casais Monteiro", January 13, 1935.
Notesedit
^ The Portuguese Republic was declared on October 5, 1910.
Referencesedit
^Pessoa, Fernando, Correspondência 1923–1935 (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Assírio & Alvim.
^Manuela Parreira da Silva, Ricardo Reis, MODERN!SMO - Arquivo Virtual da Geração de Orpheu.
^Amado, Nuno. FLUL - University of Lisbon (ed.). RICARDO REIS (1887-1936)(PDF) (Thesis). FLUL - Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa.
^Pessoa, Fernando, Correspondência 1923–1935 (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Assírio & Alvim.
Sadlier, Darlene J. An Introduction to Fernando Pessoa, Literary Modernist. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1998.
Lancastre, Maria José de and Antonio Tabucchi. Fernando Pessoa: Photographic Documentation and Caption.Paris : Hazan, 1997.
Kotowicz, Zbigniew. Fernando Pessoa: Voices of a Nomadic Soul. London: Menard, 1996.
Lisboa, Eugénio and L. C. Taylor. A Centenary Pessoa. Manchester, England: Carcanet, 1995.
Green, J. C. R. Fernando Pessoa: The Genesis of the Heteronyms. Isle of Skye: Aquila, 1982.
Monteiro, George. The Man Who Never Was: Essays on Fernando Pessoa. Providence, RI: Gávea-Brown, 1982.
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This article is written like a personal reflection personal essay or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor s personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style March 2024 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ricardo Reis heteronym news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2024 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ricardo Reis Oporto 19 September 1887 was one of the most important heteronyms created by the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa Ricardo ReisPessoa in 1914Born 1887 09 19 19 September 1887Oporto PortugalDiedBrazil unknown dateOccupationDoctor PoetLanguagePortuguese EnglishNationalityPortuguese I have put all my mental discipline into Ricardo Reis dressed in his own music Fernando Pessoa Letter to Adolfo Casais Monteiro January 13 1935 1 Born in Oporto in 1887 Ricardo Reis was one year younger than Fernando Pessoa who describes him as very little shorter and stronger but slim and a vague matte brown Reis was educated at a Jesuit boarding school becoming a Latinist by education and a semi Hellenist by his own thus writing better than Pessoa but with a purism that his author considered exaggerated He was a doctor and Neoclassical poet who wrote neopagan epicurist and stoicist odes Politically a monarchist he went into exile to Brazil after the defeat of a monarchical rebellion in Oporto against the Portuguese Republic a in 1919 2 Around 1912 unless I make a mistake which can never be a big one I came up with the idea of writing some pagan poems I sketched a few things in irregular verse not in the Alvaro de Campos style but in a half regular style and abandoned the case I had however sketched a vague portrait of the person who was doing it Ricardo Reis had been born unbeknownst to me Fernando Pessoa Letter to Adolfo Casais Monteiro January 13 1935 Contents 1 Critical overview 2 Notes 3 References 4 BooksCritical overview edit nbsp Athena Revista de Arta 1924 1925 Issue Nr 1 Reis Odes were first published in 1924 in the Athena Revista de Arte pt founded by Fernando Pessoa and Ruy Vaz Further eight odes were later published between 1927 and 1930 in the literary journal Presenca The remaining poems and prose were published posthumously 3 In a letter to William Bentley director of the journal Portugal on October 31 1924 to announce his journal Athena Pessoa wrote that a knowledge of the language would be indispensable for instance to appraise the Odes of Ricardo Reis whose Portuguese would draw upon him the blessing of Antonio Vieira as his stile and diction that of Horace he has been called admirably I believe a Greek Horace who writes in Portuguese 4 Since Pessoa didn t determine the death of Reis one can assume that he survived his author who died on November 30 1935 In the novel The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis 1984 the Portuguese writer Jose Saramago rebuilds in his own personal outlook the literary world of this heteronym after 1935 creating a dialog between Ricardo Reis and the ghost of his author How I write on behalf of these three heteronyms Caeiro out of pure and unexpected inspiration without knowing or even calculating that he was going to write Ricardo Reis after an abstract deliberation which suddenly materialized into an ode Fernando Pessoa Letter to Adolfo Casais Monteiro January 13 1935 Notes edit The Portuguese Republic was declared on October 5 1910 References edit Pessoa Fernando Correspondencia 1923 1935 in Portuguese Lisbon Assirio amp Alvim Manuela Parreira da Silva Ricardo Reis MODERN SMO Arquivo Virtual da Geracao de Orpheu Amado Nuno FLUL University of Lisbon ed RICARDO REIS 1887 1936 PDF Thesis FLUL Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa Pessoa Fernando Correspondencia 1923 1935 in Portuguese Lisbon Assirio amp Alvim Books editZenith Richard Pessoa A Biography New York Liveright Publishing Corporation 2021 ISBN 9781324090779 Also published as Pessoa An Experimental Life London Allen Lane 2021 Sadlier Darlene J An Introduction to Fernando Pessoa Literary Modernist Gainesville FL University Press of Florida 1998 Lancastre Maria Jose de and Antonio Tabucchi Fernando Pessoa Photographic Documentation and Caption Paris Hazan 1997 Kotowicz Zbigniew Fernando Pessoa Voices of a Nomadic Soul London Menard 1996 Lisboa Eugenio and L C Taylor A Centenary Pessoa Manchester England Carcanet 1995 Green J C R Fernando Pessoa The Genesis of the Heteronyms Isle of Skye Aquila 1982 Monteiro George The Man Who Never Was Essays on Fernando Pessoa Providence RI Gavea Brown 1982 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ricardo Reis heteronym amp oldid 1217690514, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
