Fernando Pessoa (1888–19353 has been known to domestic readers as a poet for quite some time. The first translations of his poems into Russian appeared in the 1970s, at first there were few of them, then sufficient volume accumulated for the first separate edition, which was published in 1978. Later, several more publications appeared, but none of them presented the poet’s prose, which occupies a significant place in his legacy both in terms of quantity and in terms of literary quality and significance. This book is the first experience in publishing prose works. works by F. Pessoa translated into Russian.