1943 - Today
Elena Ferrante (Italian pronunciation: [ˌɛːlena ferˈrante]) is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elena Ferrante has received more than 2,864,859 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Elena Ferrante is the 313th most popular writer (up from 325th in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from Italy (down from 403rd in 2019) and the 25th 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, Elena Ferrante ranks 313 out of 5,794. Before her are J. M. Coetzee, Romain Gary, Alfonso X of Castile, Nâzım Hikmet, Ezra Pound, and Christopher Marlowe. After her are François Mauriac, Simonides of Ceos, Roger Martin du Gard, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Wilhelm Grimm, and Anna Komnene.
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 307
1914 - 1980
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 308
1221 - 1284
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 309
1902 - 1963
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 310
1885 - 1972
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 311
1564 - 1593
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 312
1943 - Present
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 313
1885 - 1970
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 314
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 315
1881 - 1958
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 316
1934 - 2018
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 317
1786 - 1859
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 318
1083 - 1153
HPI: 76.67
Rank: 319
Among people born in 1943, Elena Ferrante ranks 16. Before her are Queen Silvia of Sweden, Mick Jagger, Vangelis, Ben Kingsley, Keith Richards, and Joe Pesci. After her are Christopher Walken, Roger Waters, Toto Cutugno, Sadako Sasaki, Albano Carrisi, and Khalifa Haftar.
1943 - Present
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 10
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 11
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 12
1943 - Present
HPI: 77.54
Rank: 13
1943 - Present
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 14
1943 - Present
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 15
1943 - Present
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 16
1943 - Present
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 17
1943 - Present
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 18
1943 - Present
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 19
1943 - 1955
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 20
1943 - Present
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 21
1943 - Present
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 22
Among people born in Italy, Elena Ferrante ranks 406 out of 4,088. Before her are Bronzino (1503), Pope Adrian V (1205), Pietro Mascagni (1863), Pope Eutychian (300), Vittore Carpaccio (1465), and Pope John XIX (975). After her are Pope Sylvester III (1000), Giuliano de' Medici (1453), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Pope Martin I (590), John Cabot (1450), and Lentulus Batiatus (-200).
1503 - 1572
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 400
1205 - 1276
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 401
1863 - 1945
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 402
300 - 283
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 403
1465 - 1526
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 404
975 - 1032
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 405
1943 - Present
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 406
1000 - 1060
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 407
1453 - 1478
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 408
1499 - 1557
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 409
590 - 655
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 410
1450 - 1498
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 411
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 412
Among writers born in Italy, Elena Ferrante ranks 25. Before her are Dario Fo (1926), Torquato Tasso (1544), Carlo Goldoni (1707), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Primo Levi (1919), and Alberto Moravia (1907). After her are Luigi Pirandello (1867), Cassiodorus (487), Lorenzo Valla (1407), Pietro Aretino (1492), Tibullus (-50), and Propertius (-50).
1926 - 2016
HPI: 77.84
Rank: 19
1544 - 1595
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 20
1707 - 1793
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 21
116 BC - 27 BC
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 22
1919 - 1987
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 23
1907 - 1990
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 24
1943 - Present
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 25
1867 - 1936
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 26
487 - 583
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 27
1407 - 1457
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 28
1492 - 1556
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 29
50 BC - 19 BC
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 30
50 BC - 14 BC
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 31