Works

The Hour of the Star

Short Fiction and Fable

Citation Formats

General Reference

Literature Atlas. "The Hour of the Star." Accessed August 31, 2026. https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/the-hour-of-the-star.

APA Style

Literature Atlas. (n.d.). The Hour of the Star. Retrieved August 31, 2026, from https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/the-hour-of-the-star

BibTeX

@misc{literatureatlas-the-hour-of-the-star,
  author = {Literature Atlas},
  title = {The Hour of the Star},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/the-hour-of-the-star},
  note = {Accessed August 31, 2026}
}

The Hour of the Star (A hora da estrela) is a novel by Clarice Lispector published in 1977, shortly before the author's death. In 1985 the novel was adapted by Suzana Amaral into a film of the same name, which won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival in 1986. It has been translated into English twice, by Giovanni Pontiero in 1986 and by Benjamin Moser in 2011.

Facts

Composed, From (Year)

from 1977 1

Cross-Tradition Connections