José Cardoso Pires - Diário de Bordo
1998 · 8.0/10
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Antonio Tabucchi
Writing · born 29 September 1943 · Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
Antonio Tabucchi (24 September 1943 – 25 March 2012) was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy.
Deeply in love with Portugal, he was an expert, critic and translator of the works of Fernando Pessoa from whom he drew the conceptions of saudade, of fiction and of the heteronyms. Tabucchi was first introduced to Pessoa's works in the 1960s when attending the Sorbonne. He was so charmed that when he returned to Italy, he took an introductory course in Portuguese for a better comprehension of the poet.
Where to start: José Cardoso Pires - Diário de Bordo (1998).
