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Abstract
Traces of Clarice Lispector’s experiences as an interviewer of public figures for popular magazines can be found in her literary texts, which are full of unanswered questions and searches for identity. Her characters also often yearn for an interlocutor who might understand and appreciate them, with whom they might establish a dialogue. The interviews themselves are interesting from a biographical and aesthetic point of view but also because the choice of interviewees, ranging from sportsmen to actresses and First Ladies, paints a portrait of Brazil at two key moments in history: the late 1960s, in the depths of dictatorship, and the late 1970s, when it was governed by a less repressive, but still authoritarian and military government. This article discusses recurring patterns and structures, and Lispector’s creation of an interviewer persona, paying particular attention to the interviews not yet published in book form.
Highlights
Traces of Clarice Lispector’s experiences as an interviewer of public figures for popular magazines can be found in her literary texts, which are full of unanswered questions and searches for identity
Zevi Ghivelder, despaired at what he saw as her lack of attention to important factors, such as attracting the reader’s attention, claiming that, despite her previous experience of writing for newspapers, “escritora não tem cabeça jornalística” (Nunes, “Clarice Lispector jornalista” doc. 74)
Lispector’s first interview to be published came out in 1941, while she was still studying Law at the University, in a nationally distributed magazine, Vamos Ler! It was one of the publications approved by the Departamento de Imprensa e Propaganda (DIP), which had been set up by President Getúlio Vargas to control the Brazilian press
Summary
Traces of Clarice Lispector’s experiences as an interviewer of public figures for popular magazines can be found in her literary texts, which are full of unanswered questions and searches for identity. Lispector’s interviews conform in most part to the traditional format as described above, involving a series of questions which evolve into a dynamic conversation, intended to entertain and inform the reader, introducing them to an interesting person, or revealing a new side to a well-known character.
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