First International Symposium on Fernando Pessoa: Seven unpublished letters by Jorge de Sena

Abstract

An account of the circumstances surrounding the first International Symposium on Fernando Pessoa, held at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, on October 7-8, 1977, the actas of which were published by Gávea-Brown Publications in 1982. The symposium featured talks by a number of Pessoa scholars, headed by João Gaspar Simões and Jorge de Sena. Included in this piece are the texts of the seven Jorge de Sena letters addressed to George Monteiro, leading up to the symposium and its immediate aftermath. These letters are published for the first time.

Keywords

• International Conference on Fernando Pessoa
• Sena, Jorge de
• Simões, João Gaspar
• Man who never was