Clarice Lispector
1920–1977 · Brazilian (Ukrainian-born) · 20th Century
Known for: Brazil's most enigmatic writer — her prose reads like thinking itself made visible
Lispector's novels and stories (The Passion According to G.H., Near to the Wild Heart) are among the most innovative in Portuguese. Her prose is interior, philosophical, and like nothing else.
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