The literary world erupted in a firestorm upon the potential revelation of Elena Ferrantes previously anonymous identity.
Ferrantetold EW via emailin 2014, I gave my name to the narrator to make my job easier.
Elena is, in fact, the name that I feel is most mine.
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Without reserve, I can say that my entire identity is in the books I write.
Gatti went through enormous lengths to prove Ferrantes true identity usingfinancial and real estate records.
She followed that with, People are allowed to have secrets.
Even well known people are allowed to have secrets.
The only exception is probably politicians.
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