Wanessa Velloso

Clarice Lispector is my favorite Brazilian author. The beauty and power of her writing have kept me company in every moment of my adult life. In 2016, the Department of Modern Foreign Languages & Literatures accepted my suggestion to celebrate the work of the author who is considered one of the greatest Jewish writers in the world. The translator of The Complete Stories, Katrina Dodson, was the keynote speaker of the event, and for a week we held events at UT, the Lawson McGhee Public Library, and The Central Collective. Participating so closely in the organization of the Lispecorfest is one of the many wonderful memories I will keep when the time comes for me to leave UT. To have The Complete Stories book-plated in my honor humbles me.