The Millions

Return of the Ferrante

“According to an interview with her publishers in the Italian literary newsletter Il Libraio, translated in The GuardianFerrante is putting pen to paper once more.” A year after Elena Ferrante‘s alleged true identity was revealed by a journalist, the intensely-private author is writing again but has no plans to publish a novel in 2018. Pair with: staff writer Marie Myung-Ok Lee‘s essay on Ferrante, privacy, and woman writers.