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Clarice Lispector

Born

in Tchetchelnik, Ukraine

December 10, 1920

Died

December 09, 1977

Genre

Fiction & Literature, Experimental, Classics

Influences

Hermann Hesse, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Baruch Spinoza ...more

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Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian writer. Acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories, she was also a journalist. Born to a Jewish family in Podolia in Western Ukraine, she was brought to Brazil as an infant, amidst the disasters engulfing her native land following the First World War.

She grew up in northeastern Brazil, where her mother died when she was nine. The family moved to Rio de Janeiro when she was in her teens. While in law school in Rio she began publishing her first journalistic work and short stories, catapulting to fame at age 23 with the publication of her first novel, 'Near to the Wild Heart' (Perto do Coração Selvagem), written as an interior monologue in a style and language that was considered re ...more

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Clarice Lispector’s books

Average rating: 4.12 · 175,702 ratings · 28,871 reviews · 249 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 56,707 ratings — published 1977 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Água Viva by Clarice Lispector, Stefan Tobler (Translator), Benjamin Moser (Preface) 4.26 avg rating — 23,464 ratings — published 1973 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Passion According to G.H. 4.12 avg rating — 19,583 ratings — published 1964 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 17,753 ratings — published 1943 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures by Clarice Lispector, Stefan Tobler (Translator), Sheila Heti (Goodreads Author) (Afterword) 4.26 avg rating — 12,200 ratings — published 1969 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Breath of Life by Clarice Lispector, Johnny Lorenz (Translator), Benjamin Moser (Preface) 4.28 avg rating — 5,520 ratings — published 1978 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family Ties by Clarice Lispector, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 5,200 ratings — published 1960 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector, Katrina Dodson (Translator), Benjamin Moser (Introduction / Editor) 4.36 avg rating — 4,182 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Felicidade Clandestina 4.22 avg rating — 3,805 ratings — published 1971 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady by Clarice Lispector, Katrina Dodson (Translator) 3.55 avg rating — 2,939 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Crônicas para Jovens (4 books)
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1984 by George Orwell (1949) 328 pages

67 votes, 30.5%

The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (1951) 186 pages

32 votes, 14.5%

Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector (1943) 192 pages

29 votes, 13.2%

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (1970) 106 pages,

24 votes, 10.9%

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich (1984) 333 pages.

22 votes, 10.0%

Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian (1969) 384 pages

21 votes, 9.5%

The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk (1951) 537 pages

13 votes, 5.9%

Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener (1947) 347 pages

12 votes, 5.5%

220 total votes

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