The writer Clarice Lispector earned that strange and occasional honor of fame: She became known by her first name alone. To this day, people call her “Clarice,” and something can even be described as ...

In 1948, Clarice Lispector wrote a moving letter to her sister Tania, offering some pointed advice: "Have the courage to transform yourself," she wrote, "to do what you desire." It's a fairly simple ...

Clarice Lispector was a woman plagued by “the hellish grandeur of life.” Throughout her career the Brazilian author and journalist showed a fascination for the mundane, as well as a desperation to ...

Posthumously published novels are a curious genre: Lacking the final sheen of a carefully edited work, they are like unpolished gems - their value and beauty not immediately clear. It seems especially ...

On the eve of Clarice Lispector’s one hundredth birthday, which will officially be celebrated on December 10, a series of events has already begun in her honor. Lispector, (1920–1977) is the author of ...

Why This World, Benjamin Moser's biography of Clarice Lispector, out this month from Oxford University Press, examines the life and work of a prolific and reputedly brilliant writer—whom you likely ...

Last year “Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector” (Oxford University Press) appeared to qualified praise. Readers and critics alike took issue with the biographer’s otiose portrait of ...

Clarice Lispector (photo courtesy of Ben Moser and New Directions) “How do I know?” asks a character standing in for author Clarice Lispector in “Before the Rio–Niterói Bridge,” included in New ...

There is a new book of complete stories by Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector (1920–1977) that was recently featured in the New York Times Book Review. Most people don’t know about her, though they ...

If you want to understand the stories of the Brazilian author Clarice Lispector, the best thing to do is just dive in. The more than 80 stories gathered here for the first time display an uncanny ...