{"id":19393,"date":"2021-03-12T18:31:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T17:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=19393"},"modified":"2021-03-12T21:27:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T20:27:42","slug":"italian-women-authors-elena-ferrante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-women-authors-elena-ferrante\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Women Authors: Elena Ferrante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ciao a tutti!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In honor of<em><strong>\u00a0La Festa delle Donne<\/strong><\/em> this month, I wanted to discuss Italian women authors! Perhaps you have noticed that the Italian literary scene is very much dominated by men. Elena Ferrante, however, is looking to shake things up. The NYT have commented on this phenomenon as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/12\/09\/books\/elena-ferrante-italy-women-writers.html\">The Ferrante Effect&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You may have heard of Ferrante, she is the author of the popular books series &#8220;The Neopolitan Novels&#8221; which have been adapted into the popular coming to age TV drama called &#8220;My Brilliant Friend.&#8221; If you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, I <strong>highly<\/strong> recommend it. It is beautiful story set in the 1950&#8217;s and over a lifetime of two young women, Len\u00f9 and Lila, growing up in a poor town on the outskirts of Naples.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19405\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19405\" class=\"wp-image-19405 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/Books-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/Books-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/Books-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/Books-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/Books.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Tom Hermans from unsplash, CCO.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ferrante has inspired a new wave of female writers as she has recently become the most successful Italian writers in years, thanks to her book becoming an international success, selling 11 millions copies, and her widely anticipated HBO show. According to the NYT article I linked above, &#8220;in the past two years, novels by women have accounted for roughly half of Italy&#8217;s top 20 best sellers in fiction &#8211; nearly double the percentage from 2017.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here is an excerpt from the beginning of the novel &#8220;L&#8217;amica geniale&#8221; (My Brilliant Friend):<\/p>\n<p><em>Era stata colpa sua. In un tempo non troppo distante \u2013 dieci<\/em> <em>giorni, un mese, chi lo sa, ignoravamo tutto del tempo, allora \u2013<\/em> <em>mi aveva preso la bambola a tradimento<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"1\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-1\">1<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-1\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"1\">betrayal<\/span> e l\u2019aveva buttata in<\/em> <em>fondo a uno scantinato<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"2\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-2\">2<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-2\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"2\">basement<\/span>. Ora stavamo salendo verso la paura,<\/em> <em>allora ci eravamo sentite obbligate a scendere, e di corsa, verso<\/em> <em>l\u2019ignoto<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"3\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-3\">3<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-3\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"3\">the unknown<\/span>. In alto, in basso, ci pareva sempre di andare incontro<\/em> <em>a qualcosa di terribile che, pur esistendo da prima di noi, era<\/em> <em>noi e sempre noi che aspettava. Quando si \u00e8 al mondo da poco<\/em> <em>\u00e8 difficile capire quali sono i disastri all\u2019origine del nostro sentimento del disastro, forse non se ne sente nemmeno la necessit\u00e0. I grandi, in attesa di domani, si muovono in un presente<\/em> <em>dietro al quale c\u2019\u00e8 ieri o l\u2019altro ieri o al massimo la settimana<\/em> <em>scorsa: al resto non vogliono pensare. I piccoli non sanno il significato di ieri, dell\u2019altro ieri, e nemmeno di domani, tutto \u00e8<\/em> <em>questo, ora: la strada \u00e8 questa, il portone \u00e8 questo, le scale sono<\/em> <em>queste, questa \u00e8 mamma, questo \u00e8 pap\u00e0, questo \u00e8 il giorno,<\/em> <em>questa la notte. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Io ero piccola e a conti fatti la mia bambola<\/em> <em>sapeva pi\u00f9 di me. Le parlavo, mi parlava. Aveva una faccia di<\/em> <em>celluloide<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"4\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-4\">4<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-4\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"4\">celluloid<\/span> con capelli di celluloide e occhi di celluloide. In dossa va un vestitino blu che le aveva cucito<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"5\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-5\">5<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-5\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"5\">sewed<\/span> mia madre in un raro momento felice, ed era bellissima. La bambola di Lila, invece,<\/em> <em>aveva un corpo di pezza gialliccia pieno di segatura<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"6\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-6\">6<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-6\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"6\">sawdust<\/span>, mi pareva<\/em> <em>brutta e lercia<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"7\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-7\">7<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-7\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"7\">filthy<\/span>. Le due si spiavano, si soppesavano, erano pronte a scappare tra le nostre braccia se scoppiava un temporale<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"8\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-8\">8<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-8\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"8\">storm<\/span>,<\/em> <em>se c\u2019erano i tuoni<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"9\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-9\">9<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-9\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"9\">thunder<\/span>, se qualcuno pi\u00f9 grande e pi\u00f9 forte e coi<\/em> <em>denti aguzzi<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"10\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-10\">10<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-10\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"10\">sharp<\/span> le voleva ghermire<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"11\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-11\">11<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec50000000000000000_19393-11\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"11\">grab<\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to all the Italian women authors who are redefining the literature scene!<\/p>\n<ul class=\"modern-footnotes-list modern-footnotes-list--show-only-for-print\"><li><span>1<\/span><div>betrayal<\/div><\/li><li><span>2<\/span><div>basement<\/div><\/li><li><span>3<\/span><div>the unknown<\/div><\/li><li><span>4<\/span><div>celluloid<\/div><\/li><li><span>5<\/span><div>sewed<\/div><\/li><li><span>6<\/span><div>sawdust<\/div><\/li><li><span>7<\/span><div>filthy<\/div><\/li><li><span>8<\/span><div>storm<\/div><\/li><li><span>9<\/span><div>thunder<\/div><\/li><li><span>10<\/span><div>sharp<\/div><\/li><li><span>11<\/span><div>grab<\/div><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/Books-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/Books-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/Books-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/Books-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/Books.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Ciao a tutti! In honor of\u00a0La Festa delle Donne this month, I wanted to discuss Italian women authors! Perhaps you have noticed that the Italian literary scene is very much dominated by men. Elena Ferrante, however, is looking to shake things up. The NYT have commented on this phenomenon as &#8220;The Ferrante Effect&#8221; You may&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italian-women-authors-elena-ferrante\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":19405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19393","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19393"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19418,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19393\/revisions\/19418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}