Clepsydra. La Poesia di Camilo Pessanha

Synopsis of Clepsydra. La Poesia di Camilo Pessanha

«Clepsydra. La Poesia di Camilo Pessanha» is the poetry collection by Camilo Pessanha, published by Shantarin in hardback (172 pages, in Portuguese and Italian).

Clepsydra gathers the poetry of Camilo Pessanha, a Portuguese Symbolist author. His poems, such as the sonnet beginning «Tatuagens complicadas do meu peito», combine allegory, melancholy and an exploration of the dissolution of the self; his influence extends to Fernando Pessoa and Mário de Sá-Carneiro.

Based on the 1920 Clepsydra, the 2022 edition curated by Paulo Franchetti, with an introduction by Helena Carvalhão Buescu, Italian version by Serena Cacchioli and illustrations by André Carrilho.

For those studying Portuguese Symbolism and the work of Camilo Pessanha; the Italian version and critical materials facilitate a comparative reading of the poems.