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    Richard Zenith

    Richard Zenith is an acclaimed translator and literary critic. His translations include Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet and Fernando Pessoa and Co.: Selected Poems, which won the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. The recipient of Portugal’s Pessoa Prize, Zenith lives in Lisbon, Portugal.

    Richard Zenith

    Richard Zenith is an acclaimed translator and literary critic. His translations include Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet and Fernando Pessoa and Co.: Selected Poems, which won the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. The recipient of Portugal’s Pessoa Prize, Zenith lives in Lisbon, Portugal.

    Awards

    Longlisted — Plutarch Award, 2021

    Shortlisted — Pulitzer Prize, 2022

    Books by Richard Zenith

    • Pessoa: A Biography

      Richard Zenith

      E Book, 2021

      New York Times • Times Critics Top Books of 2021
      New York Times Book Review • Editors’ Choice
      Kirkus Reviews • Best Nonfiction of the Year

      Like Richard Ellmann’s James Joyce, Richard Zenith’s ...

    • Pessoa: A Biography

      Richard Zenith

      Hardback, 2021

    • Pessoa: A Biography

      Richard Zenith

      Paperback, 2023

      New York Times • Times Critics Top Books of 2021
      New York Times Book Review • Editors’ Choice
      Kirkus Reviews • Best Nonfiction of the Year

      Like Richard Ellmann’s James Joyce, Richard Zenith’s ...

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