Global FerranteThe Reception and Translation of

Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend

C O S P O N S O R E D B Y T H E G E O R G E L . G R A Z I A D I O C E N T E R F O R I TA L I A N S T U D I E S A N D T H EC L O R I N D A D O N AT O C E N T E R F O R G L O B A L R O M A N C E L A N G U A G E S & T R A N S L AT I O N S T U D I E S

The author known as Elena Ferrante has achieved global status as a writer through the translation of her Neapolitan novels into multiple languages.

Global Ferrante examines the dynamics of friendship, love, language, class and the social tensions from post-war Italy to the present depicted in Ferrante’s novels that resonate worldwide.

October 30, 20194:30 - 9:00 pm

The Anatol CenterCalifornia State University, Long Beach

PROGRAMWho’s Afraid of Elena Ferrante? Thoughts on the Impetus to Discover Her (?) Identity (Enrico Vettore)Ferrante’s Many Italian Diasporas (Francesco Chianese)Christa Wolf: A Primer for Readers of Elena Ferrante (Robert Blankenship)L’amie prodigiuese I, II, III, IV: Elena Ferrante in France (Clorinda Donato)Q&AReceptionScreening of Ferrante FeverDiscussion of Film

4:30 - 4:504:50 - 5:105:10 - 5:305:30 - 5:505:50 - 6:206:20 - 7:007:00 - 8:308:30 - 9:00