How
do you start
at the beginning,
if things happen
before they happen?
The Hour of the Star / Clarice Lispector
Organized by the Brazil LAB at Princeton University, Clarice is part of the set of initiatives, started in November 2020, to celebrate the centenary of the writer Clarice Lispector. This platform aims at the continuous dissemination of Clarice’s work, which continues to interrogate, in such a visceral way, the human-animal condition, the work of time, and writing itself.
My own
life
has an actual plot.
A Breath of Life (Pulsations) (1978/2012)
It would be the history of the bark of a tree and not of the tree. A bunch of facts that only the senses would explain.
A Breath of Life (Pulsations) (1978/2012)
In our new series, Clarice’s work gains other experiences. In exclusive recordings, acclaimed Brazilian artists offer new timbres, bodies and spaces for the writer’s texts. Learn more.
The oblique life is very intimate. I shall say no more about this intimacy so as not to harm thinking-feeling with dry words. To leave the obliqueness in its own uninhibited independence.
Água Viva (1973/2012)
Would she have longed for the future? I hear the ancient music of words and words, yes, that’s it.
The Hour of the Star (1977/2011)
The virtual concert Agora/Now Clarice featured the musicians and poets Beatriz Azevedo and Moreno Veloso, brought together especially to celebrate Clarice Lispector’s centennial. Azevedo and Veloso were accompanied by Jaques Morelenbaum on cello and Marcelo Costa on percussion. The event also had the special participation of Maria Bethânia reading Clarice Lispector.
33’ BRAZIL LAB REVIEW
“The poetics of listening, on the threshold of silence and lyrics” is the theme of the first two episodes of the 33′ Brazil LAB Review series. Psychoanalyst, writer, and professor Maria Homem joins Marília Librandi.
What does Clarice whisper in your ears?
Conceived by Marília Librandi, Clarice 100 Ears is a multilingual and open-ended sound library launched in November 2020 to celebrate Clarice Lispector’s centennial. The initiative gathers writers, artists, scholars, and everyday readers from Brazil and around the world giving voice to Clarice’s writings.
English
But there is something that must be said, it must be said.
The Passion According to G.H. (Inglês)
Translator of A Paixão Segundo G.H., writer and lecturer in Creative Writing at Princeton University reads excerpts from her translation, in English.
English
Ad you couldn't tell why the weak had later become her prey.
The Besieged City (Inglês)
Translator of A cidade sitiada and Um sopro de vida (Pulsaçōes), poet and professor of Brazilian literature at Montclair State University reads excerpts from his translations, in English and Portuguese.
English
There was a secret labor underway in the garden that she was starting to perceive.
“Love” (Inglês)
Translator and lecturer at Columbia University reads her version of the short story "Love", in English.
AND I LIVE TO THE SIDE—A PLACE WHERE THE CENTRAL LIGHT DOESN’T BURN ME. AND I SPEAK QUIETLY SO THAT EARS HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION AND HEAR ME.
Água Viva (1973/2012)
The Brazil LAB at Princeton University and Instituto Moreira Salles come together to celebrate the legacy and work of writer Clarice Lispector.
EXHIBITION CONSTELAÇÃO CLARICE
“Exhibition Constelação Clarice’’ is the theme of this episode of the series 33’ Brazil LAB Review. Marília Librandi and Rodrigo Simon welcome writer and art critic Veronica Stigger, co-curator of the exhibit hosted at IMS Paulista.
Guardian of Clarice Lispector’s archives since 2004, the Moreira Salles Institute has also launched a new website to host the writers’ digital collections. Its opening took place on December 10, 2020.
Clarice is also at
I KNOW ONE THING THOUGH: MY PATH IS NOT ME, IT IS THE OTHER, IT IS OTHERS. WHEN I CAN FULLY FEEL THE OTHER I WILL BE SAVED AND I'LL THINK: I HAVE REACHED MY SAFE HAVEN.
"In Search of the Other"(1968/2022)
In the year of Clarice Lispector’s centennial (1920-1977), the Brazil LAB and the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University honor Clarice with the conference Clarice Lispector, 100 Years: A Tribute to Her Life and Work.
Gifts to
CHICO BUARQUE
A very special present came from the iconic Chico Buarque: a video specially made for Clarice’s centennial, in which the Brazilian writer and musician reads passages from As águas do mundo/The Waters of the World (with captions in English and Spanish).
JHUMPA LAHIRI
On Clarice Lispector’s 100th birthday, Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri honored Clarice with a keynote titled “A Five-Pointed Star for Clarice”, during the event Clarice Lispector, 100 Years: A Tribute to Her Life and Work.
Paulo Gurgel Valente, Clarice Lispector's son
THE THOUGHT
WITH WORDS HAS
OTHER COLORS.
A Breath of Life (Pulsations) (1978/2012)
Brazil LAB’s
visual project to Clarice