Clarice Lispector

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Birthday 1920-12-10

Deathday 1977-12-09 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Vinnytsia, Ukraine

Clarice Lispector

Biography

Clarice Lispector (born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector (Ukrainian: Хая Пінкасівна Ліспектор; Yiddish: חיה פּינקאַסיװנאַ ליספּעקטאָר) was a Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her innovative, idiosyncratic works explore a variety of narrative styles with themes of intimacy and introspection, and have subsequently been internationally acclaimed. Born to a Jewish family in Podolia in Western Ukraine, as an infant she moved to Brazil with her family, amidst the disasters engulfing her native land following the First World War.

Known For

Writer

2023
Lacerating Transmutation

as Original Story

2016
Ruídos de passos

as Original Story

2003
The Egg

as Screenplay

1998
Clandestina Felicidade

as Original Story

1995
Sound of Steps

as Original Story

1991
The Body

as Original Story

1986
Brasiliários

as Original Story

1985
Hour of the Star

as Original Story

1984
Naked Star

as Story