JoelBowman OP t1_it76qqn wrote on October 21, 2022 at 1:00 PM

Reply to comment by mlqdscrvn in Famous shut-ins: Dickinson, Proust, Faulkner... oh, and Tolstoy's head. by JoelBowman

Thanks for the tip! Always good to discover new writers... even if their true selves remain hidden. I actually have a friend who writes YA romance under a pseudonym. She's apparently quite successful (not surprising for anyone who knows her), but not even her closest friends have any idea who she is. Perhaps the anonymity affords her the freedom to truly express her inner feelings?

mlqdscrvn t1_it989cc wrote on October 21, 2022 at 9:23 PM

In the case of Elena Ferante, with so many awards she won and even the novel is on going adapted into famous HBO TV series, I am still surprised her (or maybe his!) identity is still unknown (or at least inconclusive).

Based on her novel, many scenes are too detail for the specific time. Yeah, many people think it's semi-autobiography. Her anonymity helps it.