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Clarice Lispector
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Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (1920–1977)
Clarice Lispector was a Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist whose work in the 20th century explored complex psychological and philosophical themes through innovative literary techniques. Her contributions to literature have made her an influential figure in modernist writing, though she remains less widely known in English-speaking countries than in Latin America and Europe.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Clarice
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Chechelnyk
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro
- Sibling
- Elisa Lispector
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Yiddish
- Religion
- Judaism
- Award
- Prêmio Jabuti
- Notable work
- Near to the Wild Heart
- Field of work
- journalism
- Official website
- www.claricelispector.com.br
- Image
- (1920-1977) Clarice Lispector 6zxkp please credit(palette.fm) (cropped).png
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Maceió
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- Commons category
- Clarice Lispector
- date of birth
- 1925-00-00
- birth name
- Хая Пинхасiвна Лиспектор
- has works in the collection
- Nationalmuseum
- pseudonym
- Terelu
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- date of death
- 1977-12-09
- cause of death
- ovarian cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- P8168
- Aire
- writing language
- Portuguese
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Encyclopedic overview
Clarice Lispector ([klaˈɾisi lisˈpɛktoʁ]; born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector; December 10, 1920 – December 9, 1977) was a Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her distinctive and innovative works delve into diverse narrative forms, weaving themes of intimacy and introspection, earning her subsequent international acclaim. She is known for works such as Near to the Wild Heart (1943) and The Hour of the Star (1977).
Born to a Jewish family in Podolia in Western Ukraine, as an infant she moved to Brazil with her family, amidst the pogroms committed during the Russian Civil War. Lispector grew up in Recife, the capital of the northeastern state of Pernambuco, where her mother died when Clarice was nine. The family moved to Rio de Janeiro when she was in her teens. While in law school in Rio, she began publishing her first journalistic work and short stories, catapulting to fame at the age of 23 with the publication of her first novel, Near to the Wild Heart (Perto do Coração Selvagem), written as an interior monologue in a style and language that was considered revolutionary in Brazil.
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