Clarice Lispector Quotes


Her curiosity instructed her more than the answers she was given.


Citations

Lispector, Clarice. Near to the Wild Heart. Translated by Alison Entrekin, New Directions, 2012, p. 15.

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Clarice Lispector
Clarice Lispector
  • Born: December 10, 1920
  • Died: December 9, 1977
  • Nationality: Brazilian
  • Profession: Writer

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