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Elena Ferrante


Italy (b.1973)

Elena Ferrante was born in Naples. Though one of Italy's most important and acclaimed contemporary authors, she has successfully shunned public attention and kept her whereabouts and her true identity concealed.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Children's Fiction
 
Novels
   The Days of Abandonment (2005)
   Troubling Love (2006)
   The Lost Daughter (2008)
   The Lying Life of Adults (2020)
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Picture Books
   The Beach at Night (2016)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Delia's Elevator (2015)
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Non fiction
   Frantumaglia (2016)
   Incidental Inventions (2019)
   In the Margins (2022)
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Awards
International Booker Prize Best Book nominee (2016) : The Story of the Lost Child


Elena Ferrante recommends
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Savage Kiss (2020)
(Piranhas, book 2)
Roberto Saviano
"With the open-hearted rashness that belongs to every true writer, Saviano returns to tell the story of the fierce and grieving heart of Naples."

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