Elena Ferrante
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Elena Ferrante is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels are among her best known works.
Known for
- Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted — Chorus Girl1990
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Key facts
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Language
- Italian
- Nationality
- Italian
- Genre
- Literary fiction
- Years active
- 1992–present
- Notable works
- The Days of Abandonment , Neapolitan Novels
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
Ferrante, Elena - Enciclopedia - Treccani
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- pseudonym
- Given name
- Elena
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Naples
- Occupation
- translator
- Languages spoken
- Neapolitan
- Religion
- atheism
- Genre
- essay
- Official website
- elenaferrante.com
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- writing language
- Italian
- pseudonym
- Elena Ferrante
- ethnic group
- Italians
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Art+Feminism
- topic's main category
- Category:Elena Ferrante
- described at URL
- www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/elena-ferrante
- date of birth
- 1943-04-05
- name in native language
- Elena Ferrante
- nominated for
- International Booker Prize
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Encyclopedic overview
Elena Ferrante ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛːlena ferˈrante]) is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. Her four-book series of Neapolitan Novels are her most widely known works. Time magazine called Ferrante one of the 100 most influential people in 2016.
Ferrante has kept her identity secret since her 1992 debut, stating that anonymity is key to her writing process and that "books, once they are written, have no need of their authors". Speculation and several theories as to her true identity, based on information Ferrante has given in interviews as well as analysis drawn from the content of her novels, have been put forth and routinely denied.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elena Ferrante” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.