Elena Ferrante
Pseudonymous Italian writer
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| 2024 | The New York Times ranks My Brilliant Friend as No. 1 in its list of 100 best books of the 21st century. |
| 2024 | The New York Times ranks My Brilliant Friend as No. 1 in its list of 100 best books of the 21st century. |
| January 2023 | Netflix released The Lying Life of Adults series. |
| January 2023 | Netflix released The Lying Life of Adults series. |
| 2022 | The third season of eight episodes of My Brilliant Friend was shown on Rai and HBO. |
| 2022 | The third season of eight episodes of My Brilliant Friend was shown on Rai and HBO. |
| November 17 2022 | Her lecture series text 'In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing' was read by Italian actress Manuela Mandracchia in Bologna, streamed live from November 17 to 19. |
| November 17 2022 | Her lecture series text 'In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing' was read by Italian actress Manuela Mandracchia in Bologna, streamed live from November 17 to 19. |
| 2021 | The Lost Daughter, a film adaptation directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, was released. |
| 2021 | Delivered a lecture series for the Umberto Eco lecture series at the University of Bologna. |
| 2021 | Published 'I margini e il dettato' (In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing), translated into English in 2022. |
| 2021 | The Lost Daughter, a film adaptation directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, was released. |
| 2021 | Published 'I margini e il dettato' (In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing), translated into English in 2022. |
| 2021 | Delivered a lecture series for the Umberto Eco lecture series at the University of Bologna. |
| 2020 | The second season of eight episodes of My Brilliant Friend was aired. |
| 2020 | The second season of eight episodes of My Brilliant Friend was aired. |
| May 12 2020 | Netflix announced a drama series based on The Lying Life of Adults. |
| May 12 2020 | Netflix announced a drama series based on The Lying Life of Adults. |
| 2019 | Published Incidental Inventions, a collection of columns originally written for The Guardian newspaper, released in both English and Italian (L'invenzione occasionale). |
| 2019 | The Guardian ranks My Brilliant Friend as the 11th best book since 2000. |
| 2019 | Published Incidental Inventions, a collection of columns originally written for The Guardian newspaper, released in both English and Italian (L'invenzione occasionale). |
| 2019 | The Guardian ranks My Brilliant Friend as the 11th best book since 2000. |
| November 2018 | HBO began airing the complete eight-episode first season of My Brilliant Friend, based on the first Neapolitan Novel. |
| November 2018 | HBO began airing the complete eight-episode first season of My Brilliant Friend, based on the first Neapolitan Novel. |
| September 2018 | The first two episodes of My Brilliant Friend, an Italian and Neapolitan-language miniseries co-produced by HBO, RAI, and TIMvision, premiered at the Venice Film Festival. |
| September 2018 | The first two episodes of My Brilliant Friend, an Italian and Neapolitan-language miniseries co-produced by HBO, RAI, and TIMvision, premiered at the Venice Film Festival. |
| September 2017 | A team of scholars from the University of Padua conducts a linguistic analysis suggesting Domenico Starnone might be the author of the Ferrante novels. |
| September 2017 | A team of scholars from the University of Padua conducts a linguistic analysis suggesting Domenico Starnone might be the author of the Ferrante novels. |
| 2016 | Received the Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal in literary fiction for 'The Story of the Lost Child'. |
| 2016 | A 32-part television series inspired by the Neapolitan Novels was reported to be in development, co-produced by Wildside for Fandango Productions. |
| 2016 | Ferrante was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize for her novel 'The Story of the Lost Child'. |
| 2016 | Time magazine named Elena Ferrante as one of the 100 most influential people, recognizing her significant impact on literature. |
| 2016 | Frantumaglia was translated into English, and The Beach at Night was translated into English by Ann Goldstein. |
| 2016 | Ferrante was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize for her novel 'The Story of the Lost Child'. |
| 2016 | Received the Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal in literary fiction for 'The Story of the Lost Child'. |
| 2016 | A 32-part television series inspired by the Neapolitan Novels was reported to be in development, co-produced by Wildside for Fandango Productions. |
| 2016 | Frantumaglia was translated into English, and The Beach at Night was translated into English by Ann Goldstein. |
| 2016 | Time magazine named Elena Ferrante as one of the 100 most influential people, recognizing her significant impact on literature. |
| December 2016 | Tommaso Debenedetti publishes a purported interview with Anita Raja claiming she is Elena Ferrante, which is quickly denied by her publisher as fake. |
| December 2016 | Tommaso Debenedetti publishes a purported interview with Anita Raja claiming she is Elena Ferrante, which is quickly denied by her publisher as fake. |
| October 2016 | Investigative reporter Claudio Gatti publishes an article revealing Anita Raja as potentially being Elena Ferrante, sparking controversy about privacy and literary identity. |
| October 2016 | Investigative reporter Claudio Gatti publishes an article revealing Anita Raja as potentially being Elena Ferrante, sparking controversy about privacy and literary identity. |
| March 2016 | Marco Santagata publishes a paper theorizing Elena Ferrante's identity, suggesting Marcella Marmo as the probable author. |
| March 2016 | Marco Santagata publishes a paper theorizing Elena Ferrante's identity, suggesting Marcella Marmo as the probable author. |
| 2015 | A further expanded version of 'Frantumaglia' is published, which becomes the first edition to be translated into English in 2016. |
| 2015 | Final novel in the Neapolitan Novels series, The Story of the Lost Child, is published. The book is nominated for the Strega Prize and the International Booker Prize, and appears on The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2015 list. |
| 2015 | A further expanded version of 'Frantumaglia' is published, which becomes the first edition to be translated into English in 2016. |
| 2015 | Final novel in the Neapolitan Novels series, The Story of the Lost Child, is published. The book is nominated for the Strega Prize and the International Booker Prize, and appears on The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2015 list. |
| 2014 | Shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award for 'The Story of a New Name', translated by Ann Goldstein. |
| 2014 | Third novel in the series, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, is published. |
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