This research started from readings of Elisa Lispector and the question: why has her work, published, well regarded by critics and awarded prizes in the second half of the twentieth century in Brazil, fallen into neglect? The idea is to highlight the points of interest in Lispector s work. Foremost among these are the following (each a good reason in its own right, but all interconnected): the memories of an expatriate Jewish family who fled Ukraine for Brazil, and the constant questioning of identity and interpersonal relations over time. The characters—whether or not they contain (auto) biographical features—in her short stories and novels are always involved with the construction of their own subjectivity. This study relied on the interviews made by the author and on his collection of criticism related to Elisa Lispector s books, drawings and paintings belonging to her, as well as photographs of the Lispector family. The basic theoretical underpinnings of this study of a writer s life and work are the principles of biographical criticism. They provide guidelines not only for the reading of the records of a writer s life in the light of analyses of samples chosen from her writings, but also for an understanding of the researcher s own experiences in his construction of the figure of Elisa Lispector. The major goal here is to underscore the importance of rediscovering her work for Brazilian literature.