Clarice Lispector

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 Central 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

Writing

Born

1920-12-10 · Chechelnyk, Ukraine

Died

1977-12-09