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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elena Ferrante has received more than 3,776,639 page views. Her biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Elena Ferrante is the 383rd most popular writer (up from 420th in 2019), the 504th most popular biography from Italy (up from 540th 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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  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elena Ferrante ranks 383 out of 7,302. Before her are Arthur de Gobineau, Julio Cortázar, Georges Bataille, Sergei Yesenin, Jean Genet, and Cornelius Nepos. After her are Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Mika Waltari, Einhard, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Gregory of Tours, and Attar of Nishapur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Elena Ferrante ranks 24. Before her are Joe Pesci, Keith Richards, Sadako Sasaki, Ben Kingsley, Louise Glück, and Christopher Walken. After her are Joseph Stiglitz, Salvatore Adamo, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Tarja Halonen, Mohammad Khatami, and Howard Gardner.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Elena Ferrante ranks 504 out of 5,161. Before her are Berengar I of Italy (850), Paolo Maldini (1968), Jacopo Peri (1561), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Pope Leo II (611), and Pontormo (1494). After her are Pope Valentine (780), Totila (500), Umberto Boccioni (1882), Pope Boniface III (540), Beatrice Portinari (1265), and Monica Vitti (1931).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Elena Ferrante ranks 33. Before her are Lorenzo Valla (1407), Christine de Pizan (1365), Ennius (-239), Grazia Deledda (1871), Theocritus (-315), and Cornelius Nepos (-100). After her are Pietro Aretino (1492), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Propertius (-50), Fausto Cercignani (1941), and Salvatore Quasimodo (1901).

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