Faces, mirrors, masks : collection related to Lispector and Poniatowska segments, 1983-1984.

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Faces, mirrors, masks : collection related to Lispector and Poniatowska segments, 1983-1984.

This collection on two Latin American writers, Clarice Lispector of Brazil and Elena Poniatowska of Mexico, contains videos, audios, transcripts, manuscripts, notes, critical studies, translations, books, and correspondence relating to the production of two segments ("Clarice Lispector: The Poetry of Silence" and "Elena Poniatowska: The Voice of the Powerless") of the dramatic radio documentary, "Faces, Mirrors, Masks: 20th-Century Latin American Fiction," for National Public Radio.

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Lispector, Clarice, 1920-1977

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In 1921, Clarice Lispector emigrated from Ukraine to Recife, Brazil when she was two months old. Her family moved to Rio de Janeiro when she was in her teens. While in law school in Rio, she began publishing her first journalistic work and short stories. Her debut novel, Near to the Wild Heart (1943), received national acclaim. While living abroad, Lispector wrote and published two novels, The Candelabrum (1946) and The Besieged City (1949). In Washington, D.C., she worked on her short story col...

Poniatowska, Elena

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National Public Radio (U.S.)

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