Elena Ferrante in Translation: A Panel Discussion
About the Event:
For American audiences, the work of the anonymous, yet world-renowned Italian writer Elena Ferrante comes to us mediated through another voice—her English translator, Ann Goldstein. Goldstein is a portal into Ferrante’s visionary female-centric epic tales, including her quartet of bestselling Neapolitan novels, now adapted into the HBO series My Brilliant Friend. Goldstein’s latest Ferrante translation is The Lying Life of Adults: the story of an adolescent girl struggling to find herself and her place within late twentieth century Naples. Join Goldstein, Ferrante scholars and enthusiasts Katherine Hill and Merve Emre (The Ferrante Letters) for a panel discussion moderated by Greta Johnsen (Nerdette Podcast) on The Lying Life of Adults and the scope of Ferrante’s literary impact, from Naples to Chicago.
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Ann Goldstein
Ann Goldstein is a senior editor and head of the Copy department at The New Yorker. She is a translator, known...
Katherine Hill
Katherine Hill is the author of two novels, The Violet Hour and A Short Move, a New York Times E...
Merve Emre
Merve Emre is Associate Professor of English at the University of Oxford and a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu B...
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Elena Ferrante in Translation: A Panel Discussion
This week’s programs presented with the support of Bank of America.
[Event tile image description: The event image at the top left of the event page is a photograph of Naples, Italy. Old orange, white, and turquoise buildings are depicted from far away. Beyond the city architecture is the ocean. It is a sunny day. Image credit: Unsplash]