2003Winner
Best Writing
The Egg
Clarice Lispector
Actor · Writer
Vinnytsia, Ukraine
December 10, 1920
Biography
Clarice Lispector (born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector (Ukrainian: Хая Пінкасівна Ліспектор; Yiddish: חיה פּינקאַסיװנאַ ליספּעקטאָר) was a Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her innovative, idiosyncratic works explore a variety of narrative styles with themes of intimacy and introspection, and have subsequently been internationally acclaimed. 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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1986Nominee
Best Writing
Hour of the Star
2023Nominee
Best Writing
Lacerating Transmutation
Career Highlights
1985Highlight
Best Writing
Naked Star
2022Highlight
Best Writing
The Book of Delights
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Hour of the Star
The Book of Delights