“Pessoa” is the Portuguese word for person, which is interesting, since Fernando Pessoa is known for adopting the personality of various people. Through his lifetime and work, the author created detailed personas to write under their personality. Each and every heteronym had a different writing style and focused on different topics. Fernando Pessoa has even created specific astrological charts for each heteronym to give them more depth.

Born in Lisbon in 1888, Fernando Pessoa spent his childhood in South Africa. He had seen many different realities before settling in Portugal, permanently in Lisbon, by 1905. When he arrived in Portugal, Fernando Pessoa worked as a translator and also an astrologer.

Despite being known for his poems and considered one of the best authors in the 20th century, Fernando Pessoa has only published a book during his lifetime. “A Mensagem”, by Fernando Pessoa, was published one year before he passed away.

After his death, his poems and texts were found, and today are know everything he wrote, from poems, esoteric writing, and all the heteronym works, which gave him his world fast post-mortem.

When learning about the Portuguese culture, Fernando Pessoa’s work cannot be left out.