Alberto Caiero wis ane o the fower major heteronyms or ‘ither names” under whilk the Portuguese makar Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) furthset his poems. Muckle mair than juist pseudonyms, ilkane hed his ain style, subject maitter and life story. Accordin tae Pessoa, Caiero wis born on 16” April 1889 in Lisbon. Maist o his life he bided in his auntie’s hoose in a wee clachan in Ribatejo until his last months in hospital in Lisbon, afore his early deith o tuberculosis in 1915. He hadna much schulin an his poetry used simple, language an forins, wi nae thyme. |
