NMLP P-045491 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Hour of the Star

Clarice Lispector · Livraria Jose Olympio Editora, Rio de Janeiro · 1977

Portuguese/Brazilian true first is Jose Olympio 1977. The UK Carcanet 1986 is the first English and PRECEDES the first US edition (New Directions, New York, 1992, same Pontiero translation) — a UK-before-US case; do not mistake the New Directions printing for the first in English.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045491 for "The Hour of the Star" by Clarice Lispector (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045491, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).