Elena Ferrante

Author of My Brilliant Friend

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About the Author

Elena Ferrante was born in Naples, Italy. Her work includes Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, The Story of the Lost Child, The Story of a New Name, The Lost Daughter, Fragments, and My Brilliant Friend. She is the author of My Brilliant Friend which made The New York Times Bestsellers List and show more The New Zealand Best Seller List 2015. She was included on Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Elana Ferrante, Elena Ferrante, אלנה פרנטה, psevd. Elena Ferrante, Elena Ferrante, pseud, pseud. Elena Ferrante, Элена Ферранте, إيلينا فيرانتي, Elena/ Goldstein Ferrante, Ann (TRN)

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Series

Neapolitan Novels

Works by Elena Ferrante

Popular Recent

My Brilliant Friend (2011) 7,897 copies, 344 reviews

The Story of a New Name (2012) 3,746 copies, 150 reviews

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (2014) 3,127 copies, 100 reviews

The Story of the Lost Child (2015) 2,887 copies, 111 reviews

The Days of Abandonment (2002) 1,474 copies, 56 reviews

The Lying Life of Adults (2019) 1,375 copies, 58 reviews

The Lost Daughter (2006) 928 copies, 47 reviews

Troubling Love (1992) 767 copies, 28 reviews

Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey (2016) 352 copies, 6 reviews

In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing (2019) 226 copies, 4 reviews

The Neapolitan Novels (2015) 189 copies, 4 reviews

Incidental Inventions (2019) 145 copies, 7 reviews

The Beach at Night (2007) 125 copies, 4 reviews

Crónicas do Mal de Amor (2011) 70 copies, 2 reviews

The Lost Daughter [2021 film] — Writer — 7 copies, 1 review

离开的，留下的 2 copies

The Neapolitan Novels: Books 1-3 (2014) 1 copy

Czas porzucenia 1 copy

Obsesyjna miłość 1 copy

Cykl neapolitanski 2 Historia nowego nazwiska (Polish Edition) 1 copy

Als marges 2021 1 copy

החברה הגאונה: ילדות, נערות 1 copy

החברה הגאונה 1 copy

הסיפור של שם-המשפחה החדש 1 copy

הסיפור של מי שברחו ושל מי שנשארו 1 copy

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Associated Works

Sense and Sensibility (1811) — Introduction, some editions — 39,786 copies, 534 reviews

The Bedside Guardian 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 13 copies

After the War: A Collection of Short Fiction by Postwar Italian Women (2004) — Contributor — 10 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Ferrante, Elena
Birthdate: 1943
Gender: female
Nationality: Italy
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Occupations: author
Short biography: Elena Ferrante is the pseudonym of the otherwise anonymous author.

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The Story of a New Name: A Novel (Neapolitan… by Elena Ferrante

Extremely thoughtful, detailed, full-realized, and human. This was my favorite book in the series.

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mj_papaya | 149 other reviews | Jan 2, 2025 |

Dagen van verlating by Elena Ferrante

Een vrouw raakt in een diepe crisis als haar man haar en hun twee kinderen verlaat.

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Vrouwenbibliotheek | 55 other reviews | Dec 30, 2024 |

Frantumaglia een geschreven leven by Elena Ferrante

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Vrouwenbibliotheek | 5 other reviews | Dec 30, 2024 |

De geniale vriendin jeugd, puberteit by Elena Ferrante

De geschiedenis van twee vrouwen en hun levenslange vriendschap. Ze groeien samen op, maar hun levens verlopen geheel verschillend. Het speelt zich af tegen de achtergrond van het Italië van de laatste zestig jaar.

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