Elisa Lispector

Elisa Lispector
Born(1911-07-24)July 24, 1911
Savran, Podolia
DiedJanuary 6, 1989(1989-01-06) (aged 77)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
OccupationNovelist
RelativesClarice Lispector (sister)

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

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

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