Clarice 100 Ears: Recent Episodes
Marília Librandi
Actress, with a Master’s degree in Arts and Languages from the L’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, reading excerpts from the short-story “O crime do professor de matemática” (“The Crime of the Mathematics Teacher”) from Laços de família(Family Ties), in Portuguese.
Social educator, coordinator of the Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Apoio Comunitário (IBEAC) and manager of the community library network LiteraSampa reading the short story “É para lá que eu vou” (‘That’s where I’m going’), in Portuguese.
Freelance Writer and Independent Literature Professor reading an excerpt from the crônica “ A alegria mansa” (‘La Mansa Alegría’), in Spanish.
Graphic designer reading the short-story “Tanta mansidão” (‘Tanta Mansedumbre’), in Spanish.
Judge at Paraná State Court of Appeals (Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Paraná) and Professor of Criminal Law at the Universidade Federal do Paraná and PUC-PR reading Clarice’s academic essay "Observações sobre o direito de punir" [“Observations on the right to punish”], in Portuguese.
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.
Architect reading the crônica "A Lucidez Perigosa" [“The dangerous lucidity”] from A Descoberta do Mundo[Discovering the World], in Portuguese.
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.
Journalist reading the crônica “A comunicação muda” (“La comunicación muda”) from A Descoberta do Mundo(Revelación de un mundo), in Spanish.
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.
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.
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.
Portuguese teacher reading the crônica “Você é um número” [“You are a number"] from Aprendendo a viver [Learning to live], in Portuguese.
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.
Educator and entrepreneur reading a 1942 letter from Clarice Lispector to President Getúlio Vargas from Todas as Cartas, in Portuguese.
Attorney working at the Public Defenders’ Office of the state of Paraná reading the short-story “O manifesto da cidade” (“Manifesto of the City”) from Onde estivestes de noite (Where were you at night), in Portuguese.
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.
Poet and doctoral student in Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University reading the short-story “O primeiro beijo” (“The First Kiss”) from Felicidade Clandestina [Covert Joy], in Portuguese.
Teacher of Portuguese and Literature at the Colégio Santo Inácio, Rio de Janeiro, reading excerpts from the short-story “Uma esperança” (“A hope”) from Felicidade Clandestina [Covert Joy], in Portuguese.
Economic sociologist at the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) and Research Associate at Princeton University’s Brazil LAB reading excerpts from the short-story “Uma esperança” [“A Hope”] from Felicidade Clandestina [Covert Joy], in Portuguese.
Psychoanalyst (member of the Associação Psicanalítica de Porto Alegre, APPOA) and writer reading the short story “Ruído de passos” (“The Sound of Footsteps”) from A Via Crucis do Corpo [The Via Crucis of the Body], in Portuguese.
Anthropologist and international leader in the field of reproductive justice and gender equality reading excerpts from the short-story “Os obedientes” (“The Obedient Ones”) from A Legião Estrangeira (The Foreign Legion),in Portuguese.
Vincent Barletta is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Iberian and Latin American Cultures at Stanford University, reading “O relatório da coisa” (Report on the Thing), in Onde estivestes de noite (Where Were You at Night ), in English.
Student and Family Engagement Specialist at Palo Alto Unified School District, CA, and Doctor in Comparative Literature from the Universidade de Brasília,reading the short story “Uma esperança” [A Hope], from Felicidade Clandestina(Covert Joy), in Portuguese
Award-winning writer and investigative journalist at the magazine Piauí reading the crônica “Escrever” (“Writing”) from A Descoberta do Mundo [Discovering the World], in Portuguese.
Coordinator of the Department of Contemporary Photography at the Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS) and editor of the magazine ZUM reading the final passage of A Hora da Estrela (The Hour of the Star), in Portuguese.
Translator and Film Studies Scholar reading excerpts from Uma aprendizagem ou O livro dos prazeres (An Apprenticeship or The Book of Delights), in Portuguese.
Physician and Professor of Preventive Medicine at the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo reading the crônica “Pertencer” (“Belonging”) from A Descoberta do Mundo [Discovering the World], in Portuguese.
Psychoanalyst, Researcher at the Núcleo Diversitas/USP and Professor at the Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado reading the short story “Tentação” (“Temptation”) from A Legião Estrangeira (The Foreign Legion), in Portuguese.
Writer and art critic reading excerpts from the crônica “Brasília: Esplendor” (“Brasilia: Splendor”) from Visão do Esplendor [Vision of Splendor], in Portuguese.
Professor of Anthropology at the Universidade Federal Fluminense and Researcher of the Núcleo de Transformações Indígenas (NuTI) reading the short-story “O ovo e a galinha” (“The Egg and the Chicken”), in Portuguese.
Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Princeton University reading his reflections on the works of Clarice Lispector, Hélène Cixous and Paula Rego, in Portuguese.
Poet and Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the Université du Québec reading excerpts from the short-story “A mensagem” (“Le message” in Corps sépares), in French.
Professor of Brazilian Literature at the Universitat de Barcelona reading the crônica“É para lá que eu vou” (“Es alli a donde voy”) from Onde estivestes de noite (Dónde estuviste de noche), in Spanish.
Professor of Literature at the Universidade Simón Bolívar reading excerpts from her essay “Una vida que no cesa de inscribirse como exceso entre la letra y el cuerpo de la autora o lo que hace excepción en el ‘caso’ de Clarice Lispector”, in Spanish.
Professor of Brazilian Literature at the Universidade de Minho reading his reflections on Clarice Lispector´s work, in Portuguese.
Professor of Italian Literature at the Sapienza Università di Roma reading excerpts from Água Viva (Acqua viva), in Italian.
Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania reading excerpts from the short-story “O ovo e a galinha" ("The Egg and the Chicken") and a passage from A Hora da Estrela (The Hour of the Star), in Ukranian.
Translator, writer, and researcher reading the crônica “Armando Nogueira, Futebol e Eu, Coitada,” from A Descoberta do Mundo (Discovering the World), in Portuguese.
Writer and Professor of English (Emeritus) at Princeton University reading excerpts from A Paixão segundo G.H. (The Passion According to G.H.), in English.
Post-doctoral Fellow at the Universidade de São Paulo and Affiliated Scholar of Princeton’s Brazil Lab reading Clarice Lispector’s letter to Elisa Lispector and Tânia Kauffman (Lausanne, 1946), in Portuguese.
Human Rights Attorney and Secretary-General of FIAN Brasil reading the crônica “As três experiências” [“The three experiences”], in Portuguese.