Clarice Lispector is considered one of the mainnames gives literatureBrazilian. Currently, she is one of the best known and most read authors by the Brazilian public, and her dozensinbooks can be found in several bookstores across the country.
In addition to books, Clarice Lispector has become a phenomenon in networkssocial, where excerpts of works or even sentences by the author are shared by millions of users. However, specifically about Clarice on the internet, it is necessary to remember that noralways what is attributed to the author is, in fact, hers. It is always worth checking the source of the quote, before sharing.
Biography
Some of the main facts of Clarice Lispector's life are:
- Born in Ukraine, on December 10, 1920;
- At the age of two, in 1922, the author migrated to Brazil, to the city of Recife, due to the Russian Civil War;
- At the age of fourteen, she moved with her father to the Rio de Janeiro, city in which she spent most of her life;
- she died in RiverinJanuary, on December 9, 1977.
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Life in Clarice Lispector's work
Clarice Lispector has always been a in loveperbooks. “I read all the books with beautiful titles”, said the writer about the time when she discovered the library on Rua Rodrigo Silva, from the year 1935, when the family moved from Recife to Rio of January.
The author also said that it was in loveperMonteiroWere, author she had discovered at the age of nine. In the passion for reading, the life and the constructions by Clarice Lispector, in many cases, seemget confused.
the tale clandestine happiness (1971), for example, tells a period in the life of a girl who lived in the city of Recife and was in love with books, just like the author herself. The tale's central conflict even involves a work by Monteiro Lobato. In addition, in general, the author set her stories in cities she had lived in, such as the aforementioned Recife or even Rio de Janeiro.
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Death
Clarice Lispector died in 1977, when she was 56 years old. victimized by a cancer in the ovary, the author died the day before her birthday. Some critics point out that the author, even in her bedindeath, continued to dictatesentences to her friend, Olga Borelli. Lispector left two children and an invaluable legacy for Brazilian literature.
Sentences
Clarice Lispector is well remembered, especially on social networks, for her famous phrases. Below, see some of the author's maxims and comments:
- “Freedom is little. What I desire has no name yet”.
- "Homesickness is a bit like hunger. It only passes when you eat the presence. But sometimes the longing is so deep that there is little presence: you want to absorb the other person as a whole. This desire to be the other for an entire unification is one of the most urgent feelings you have in life.”
- "I suppose that understanding myself is not a matter of intelligence, but of feeling, of getting in touch... Either play, or do not."
Construction
The author, born in 1920, wrote during the years of 1944, date of publication of close to wild heart, his first novel, the 1979, when she published her last book, Beauty and the Beast. Other well-known works by Clarice Lispector are:
the chandelier (1946)
the besieged city (1949)
the apple in the dark (1949)
Family relationships (1960)
Passion according to G. H. (1961)
the foreign legion (1964)
An apprenticeship or the book of pleasures (1969)
clandestine happiness (1971)
Jellyfish (1973)
star hour (1977)
a breath of life (1978)
In addition to literature, Lispector was also dedicated to journalism and the diplomacy, a profession that allowed him to live in countries like Italy, Switzerland, England and the United States.
Features
Clarice Lispector is one of the main representatives of literatureintimate Brazilian, literary branch that was concerned with describing the psychologicalof thecharacters and portraying the common everyday, analyzing the narrated realities from a perspective subjective, particular.
In many cases, narrators are built on firstpeople, that is, the protagonists narrate their own stories. There are also cases where the Epiphany, a kind of revelation in which the character recognizes some truth about himself or about the world.
It is worth mentioning, specifically, the books Family relationships (1960), a collection of short stories that deal with the subject that gives the title to the work: family relationships. typical problems and questions in between relatives set the narratives of this book. Beyond, Clandestine HappinessThe (1971) is also noteworthy for its tone. autobiographical and intimate.
star hour, one of Clarice Lispector's best-known and most acclaimed books, it's another one that you can't miss when talking about the author. In this last work, the story of the typist Macabéa is told, a migrant who lives in Rio de Janeiro and whose story is narrated by Rodrigo S. M., fictional narrator created by Clarice Lispector.
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