By Jennifer Maloney

One evening this past September, more than 300 people squeezed into a narrow room at BookCourt bookstore in Brooklyn for the launch of "The Story of the Lost Child," by Italian author Elena Ferrante. The author, whose true identity is a closely held secret, was absent.

Instead, the crowd whooped and cheered for the headliner of the evening: the book's translator, Ann Goldstein. Translators rarely achieve celebrity status. But as Ms. Ferrante's star has risen, so too has Ms. Goldstein's. 

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