Suffering for a being deepens the heart within the heart. (… - Clarice Lispector

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Suffering for a being deepens the heart within the heart. (p52)

Clarice Lispector

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Clarice Lispector (born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector; December 10, 1920 – December 9, 1977) was a Brazilian writer. Acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories, she was also a journalist and a translator. A legendary figure in Brazil, renowned for her uncommon and unique writing style, her great personal beauty — the American translator Gregory Rabassa recalled being "flabbergasted to meet that rare person who looked like Marlene Dietrich and wrote like Virginia Woolf," — and her eccentric personality.

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Alternative Names: Helen Palmer • Teresa Quadros • Хая Пинхасiвна Лиспектор

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I want to know, what will that matter after I die? (Well, the main value it has is that your name will remain in Brazilian literature.) CL: You think it will? I don’t write for posterity.

Suffering for a being deepens the heart within the heart. (p52) - Clarice Lispector

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