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Elisa Lispector

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Elisa Lispector (born as Leah Pinkhasovna Lispector; July 24, 1911, Savran, Podolia – January 6, 1989, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian novelist.

She was the older sister of Clarice Lispector.[1] The sisters' birthplace (Podolia) was then part of the Russian Empire, but is located in present-day Ukraine.

Bibliography

Novels

  • Além da fronteira (Cia. Editora Leitura, 1945) - Across the Border. Reprinted by José Olympio Editora, 1988)
  • No Exílio (Editora Pongetti, 1945) - In Exile. Reprinted by Ebrasa, 1971. Translated into the French (En exil), Éditions Des Femmes, 1987).
  • Ronda solitária (A Noite Editora, 1954) - Solitary Walk.
  • O muro de pedras (José Olympio Editora, 1962) - The Stone Wall
  • O dia mais longo de Thereza (Gráfica Record Editora, 1965) - Thereza's Longest Day.
  • A última porta (Editora Documentário, 1975) - The Last Door
  • Corpo a corpo (Edições Antares, 1983) - Body to Body

Stories

  • Sangue no sol (Ebrasa, 1970). Blood on the Sun.
  • Inventário (Rocco, 1977). Inventory.
  • O tigre de Bengala (José Olympio Editora, 1985). Includes some works previously published in Sangue no sol and Inventário.

References

  1. ^ Moser, Benjamin (2009). Why this World : A Biography of Clarice Lispector. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195385564. OCLC 456549810.