Elisa Lispector (born as Leah Pinkhasovna Lispector; July 24, 1911, Savran,

Podolia Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...

– January 6, 1989,

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) was a Brazilian novelist. She was the older sister of

Clarice Lispector Clarice Lispector (born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector ( uk, Хая Пінкасівна Ліспектор); December 10, 1920December 9, 1977) was a Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her innovative, idiosyncratic works exp ...

. The sisters' birthplace,

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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

1911 births 1989 deaths Brazilian women novelists Brazilian Jews Naturalized citizens of Brazil Brazilian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent 20th-century Brazilian women writers 20th-century Brazilian novelists Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Brazil {{Brazil-writer-stub