Lispector, Clarice

Lispector, Clarice

▪ Brazilian author
born Dec. 10, 1920?, Chechlnik, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.
died Dec. 9, 1977, Rio de Janeiro, Braz.

      novelist and short-story writer, one of Brazil's most important literary figures and considered to be among the greatest women writers of the 20th century.

      Lispector's first novel, Perto do coração selvagem (1944; “Near to the Savage Heart”), published when she was 24 years old, won critical acclaim for its sensitive interpretation of adolescence. In her later works, such as A maçã no escuro (1961; The Apple in the Dark), A paixão segundo G.H. (1964; “The Passion According to G.H.”), and Água viva (1973; “Living Water”), her characters, alienated and searching for meaning in life, gradually gain a sense of awareness of themselves and accept their place in an arbitrary, yet eternal, universe.

      Lispector's finest prose is found in her short stories. Collections such as Laços de família (1960; Family Ties) and A legião estrangeira (1964; “The Foreign Legion”) focus on personal moments of revelation in the everyday lives of the protagonists and the lack of meaningful communication among individuals in a contemporary urban setting.

      Lispector achieved international fame with works that depict a highly personal, almost existentialist view of the human dilemma and are written in a prose style characterized by a simple vocabulary and elliptical sentence structure. In contrast to the regional or national social concerns expressed by many of her Brazilian contemporaries, her artistic vision transcends time and place; her characters, in elemental situations of crisis, are frequently female and only incidentally modern or Brazilian.

Additional Reading
Diane E. Marting (ed.), Clarice Lispector: A Bio-Bibliography (1993); Marta Peixoto, Passionate Fictions: Gender, Narrative, and Violence in Clarice Lispector (1994); Earl E. Fitz, Clarice Lispector (1985), and Sexuality and Being in the Poststructuralist Universe of Clarice Lispector (2001).

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