My Pessoa: Uncovering “the others in me”

Abstract

After presenting two translations and three poems written by him, the author, a poet and memoirist, turns to Fernando Pessoa for clues to understanding the distinctly Portuguese form of identity creation as it is exhibited in Portuguese literature, as well as the immigrant/emigrant experience, finally understanding his own relationship to Azorean Portuguese identity.

Keywords

• fernando pessoa
• azorean americans
• immigrants
• portuguese literature
• appreciation
• identity (psychology)
• poetry
• translation