Clarice Lispector (1920-1977) was one of the most important figures in Brazilian modernist literature. Author of classics such as star hour, Family relationships or even the storybook clandestine happiness, Lispector built a unique work in our history, highlighting a intimate style, with a focus on everyday and, mainly, psychological issues of human beings.
Characteristics
Clarice Lispector's work is usually associated with the Modernism Brazilian in its final phase. Her books are contemporaries of other authors, such as Cecília Meireles and Vinicius de Moraes. It is common to find characters created by the writer going through processes of Epiphany in common, banal situations.
THE Epiphany, it is worth remembering, is a kind of recognition that a character goes through, understanding the essence of something. in the tale Love, from the book Family relationships, for example, the central character, Ana, has an epiphany as she goes out to buy eggs and sees a blind man chewing gum. The character makes a kind of introspective journey while sitting in the Botanical Garden, in Rio de January – it's worth checking this entire tale to know what the revelation found by the character.
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Biography
Clarice Lispector was born in Ukraine, on December 10, 1920. At the age of two, in 1922, the author migrated to Brazil due to the Russian Civil War, which provoked the bankruptcy of Lispector's family, as well as for reasons of religious persecution – the family was Jew.
From Ukraine, however, the author states: "In that land I literally never set foot: I was carried on my lap". For Clarice, the country in which she was born did not have a great influence on her formation. In fact, when asked, it was said Pernambuco – It was in Recife that the family took up residence.
in the tale clandestine happiness, published in a book of the same name, Clarice narrates the childhood of a character who was in love with Monteiro Lobato and resided in Recife, as did the author. Such biographical details lead some readers to assume that the author was talking about herself when she built the character.
At the age of fourteen, she moved with her father to Rio de Janeiro, where she took up residence for most of her life. In the wonderful city, already motherless, who had died when the writer was eight years old, the author attended the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and became an acquaintance writer, journalist and diplomat Brazilian.
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disease and death
Clarice Lispector died in Rio de Janeiro, on December 9, 1977, aged 56 years. The cause of death was a ovarian cancer. The author left two children and an incalculable legacy for Brazilian literature.
Construction
Clarice Lispector's main works are:
close to wild heart (1943)
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)
Phrases
With the advent of the internet and social networks, Clarice Lispector has become one of the most shared authors among literature enthusiasts, although the authorship of many citations should be a source of distrust of users unsuspecting. Much of what is shared with the name Lispector was never written by the author herself, which forces us to be careful and check the sources before sending the author's sentences to friends virtual.
A famous quote by Clarice who keeps appearing on social media is the following: “Freedom is not enough. What I wish has no name yet”. This amazing excerpt is really from the author and can be seen in its full context in the book. close to wild heart, the writer's first novel.
See other famous phrases by the author:
“She is so free that one day she will be arrested. ‘Arrested for what? For too much freedom’. "But is this freedom innocent?" 'Even naive'. ‘Then why prison? ‘Because freedom offends’.” - A Breath of Life (Pulses)
"I'm not afraid of stormy rains or the big winds, because I'm also the dark of night." – star hour
By Mother Fernando Marinho
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
MARINO, Fernando. "Clarice Lispector"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/literatura/clarice-lispector.htm. Accessed on July 27, 2021.