Clarice Lispector
10 December 1920 – 9 December 1977
Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian novelist and short-story writer, considered one of the most important Portuguese-language authors of the 20th century. Born in Ukraine to a Jewish family that emigrated to Brazil, she became renowned for her introspective, philosophical prose in works such as 'The Passion According to G.H.' and 'The Hour of the Star'.
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Life events
Born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector to a Jewish family fleeing pogroms during the Russian Civil War.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer family arrived in Brazil, eventually settling in Recife, and she was renamed Clarice.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe enrolled at the Faculty of Law of the University of Brazil.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer first novel appeared to acclaim and won the Graça Aranha Prize.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe married a fellow law student who became a Brazilian diplomat.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe lived in Europe and the United States, including Naples, Bern, and Washington, D.C.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThis mystical novel became one of her most celebrated and studied works.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer final novel, published shortly before her death, is widely regarded as her masterpiece.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe died of ovarian cancer, one day before her 57th birthday.
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