by Rachel Doandio
As her following grows, so does the mystery surrounding the pseudonymous Italian writer Elena Ferrante, whose Neapolitan novels on the lifelong friendship of two women have become a global phenomenon.
Figuring out the identity of Ms. Ferrante, who has never been identified, has become one of the literary world's favorite guessing games, and on Sunday Italy's leading daily, Corriere della Sera, delivered its latest twist: Ms. Ferrante might be a professor in Naples named Marcella Marmo. Ms. Ferrante's publisher, Edizioni E/O in Rome, swiftly denied the report, as it has every other stab at unmasking Ms. Ferrante over the years.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/
