Mr. Ormond: the testimonial from a classmate of Fernando Pessoa

Pittella, Carlos

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Year:: 2017
Contributor:: Pittella, Carlos (creator)
Genre:: articles
Subject:: Pessoa, Fernando > 1888-1935 > Education; Durban (South Africa); Ormond, Augustine James; Simões, João Gaspar > 1903-1987; Jennings, H. D. (Hubert Dudley) > 1896-; Matias, Albertino dos Santos; Severino, Alexandrino E. (Alexandrino Eusébio); Campbell, Roy > 1901-1957
Extent:: pp. 194-235
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7301/Z02805T8

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Abstract:: This article presents newly discovered documents regarding Augustine James Ormond and reevaluates the bibliography available about him. Mr. Ormond provides one of the three testimonials from contemporaries of Fernando Pessoa about the life of the young poet in Durban, South Africa. After revisiting the research of Alexandrino Severino, João Gaspar Simões, Hubert Jennings and Roy Campbell concerning Mr. Ormond and his relationship with Pessoa, this contribution exhibits a dossier, including: facsimiles and critical transcriptions of documents found in the Fernando Távora private collection, as well as one drafted letter Pessoa addressed to Ormond himself, a document located at the National Library of Portugal.; Este artigo apresenta documentos recém-descobertos sobre Augustine James Ormond e reexamina a bibliografia disponível sobre ele. O Sr. Ormond fornece um dos três testemunhos de contemporâneos de Fernando Pessoa sobre a vida do jovem poeta em Durban, África do Sul. Após revisitar as pesquisas de Alexandrino Severino, João Gaspar Simões, Hubert Jennings e Roy Campbell acerca do Sr. Ormond e sua relação com Pessoa, este contributo exibe um dossiê, incluindo: facsímiles e transcrições críticas de documentos encontrados na coleção particular de Fernando Távora, assim como um rascunho de carta de Pessoa destinada ao próprio Ormond, um documento proveniente da Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal.

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Pittella, Carlos, "Mr. Ormond: the testimonial from a classmate of Fernando Pessoa" (2017). Pessoa Plural—A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.7301/Z02805T8

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Pessoa Plural—A journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies Issue 12, Special Issue: New Insights into Portuguese Modernism from the Fernando Távora Collection

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Pessoa Plural—A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies

Pessoa Plural—A Journal of Fernando Pessoa Studies (ISSN: 2212-4179) is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to studies of Fernando Pessoa. It is published jointly by the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University, the Department of …

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