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Fernando Pessoa

Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935); creator of the heteronymic system including alberto caeiro, ricardo reis, álvaro de campos, and bernardo soares.

Born June 13th, 1888 in Lisbon. [ref]

Died November 30th, 1935 at 47 years old in Lisbon (liver cirrhosis). [ref]

Occupations
["essayist", "literary critic", "philosopher", "poet", "prose writer", "translator", "writer"]
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Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. Ausonius