WRITER

Elena Ferrante

1943 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elena Ferrante is the 390th most popular writer (down from 383rd in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from Italy (down from 504th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Italian Writer.

Elena Ferrante is most famous for her Neapolitan Novels, which are a series of four novels that tell the story of two friends, Elena and Lila, who grow up in Naples, Italy.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elena Ferrante ranks 390 out of 7,302. Before her are Constantine P. Cavafy, Alphonse de Lamartine, Ali-Shir Nava'i, Julio Cortázar, Auguste Escoffier, and Cornelius Nepos. After her are Sylvia Plath, Paul Éluard, Octavio Paz, Enheduanna, Joseph Roth, and Christopher Marlowe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Elena Ferrante ranks 25. Before her are Roger Waters, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Joe Pesci, Ben Kingsley, Keith Richards, and Sadako Sasaki. After her are Christopher Walken, Salvatore Adamo, Joseph Stiglitz, Horst Köhler, Jean-Louis Tauran, and Jean-Jacques Annaud.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elena Ferrante ranks 558 out of 5,161. Before her are Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777), Muzio Clementi (1752), Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Pope Agapetus I (490), and Lavinia Fontana (1552). After her are Antonello da Messina (1430), Giosuè Carducci (1835), Carlo Ponti (1912), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Ornella Muti (1955), and Alberto Ascari (1918).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Elena Ferrante ranks 33. Before her are Christine de Pizan (1365), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Theocritus (-315), Lorenzo Valla (1407), and Cornelius Nepos (-100). After her are Giosuè Carducci (1835), Livius Andronicus (-280), Pietro Aretino (1492), Ennius (-239), Propertius (-50), and Fausto Cercignani (1941).

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