Doctoral student in Spanish and Hispanic-American Literature at the Universidade de São Paulo reading excerpts from the short-story “Restos de carnaval” (“Remnants of Carnival”) from Felicidade Clandestina [Covert Joy], in Portuguese.
Adriana Zampieri (Brazil)
Architect reading the crônica “A Lucidez Perigosa” [“The dangerous lucidity”] from A Descoberta do Mundo [Discovering the World], in Portuguese.
Itamara Patricia de Souza Almeida (Brazil)
Literary scholar and activist of the Brazilian Movement of Peasant Women (MMC) reading excerpts from the short-story “A Fuga” (“The escape”) from A Bela e a Fera [Beauty and the Beast], in Portuguese.
Estefania Salinas Concha (Mexico)
Journalist reading the crônica “A comunicação muda” (“La comunicación muda”) from A Descoberta do Mundo (Revelación de un mundo), in Spanish.
Yana Stainova (Bulgaria/Canada)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology at McMaster University reading excerpts from the short-story “Devaneio e embriaguez duma rapariga” (“The Daydreams of a Drunk Woman”) from Laços de Família (Family Ties), in Bulgarian.
Marcelo Azambuja (Brazil/United States)
Human rights attorney and activist reading a 1968 letter from Clarice Lispector to the Minister of Education Tarso Dutra (“Carta ao Ministro da Educação” in Todas as crônicas), in Portuguese.
Henri Badaröh (Brazil/The Netherlands)
Visual artist and writer reading the crônica “Ao Correr da Máquina” (“Racing Against the Typewriter”) from A Descoberta do Mundo [Discovering the World], in Portuguese and in English.
Estela Basso (Brazil/France)
Actress, with a Masters in Arts and Languages from the L’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, reading excerpts from the short-story “A pecadora queimada e os anjos harmoniosos” (“The Burned Sinner and the Harmonious Angels”) from A legião estrangeira (The Foreign Legion), in Portuguese and in French.
Débora Cypriano (Brazil)
Educator and entrepreneur reading a 1942 letter from Clarice Lispector to President Getúlio Vargas from Todas as Cartas, in Portuguese.
Rosana Malaneschii Delgado (Uruguay)
Writer and Professor of Sociology at the Universidad ORT reading excerpts from the short-story “Tentação” (“Tentácion”) from A legião estrangeira (La legión extranjera), in Spanish.