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The Elena Ferrante effect: In Italy, female writers are — at long last — gaining much-deserved recognition
FirstpostROME: In Italy, literary fiction has long been considered a man’s game. “Once we were more reluctant to write about certain topics, fearing they could be labeled as ‘women’s stuff,’” said Veronica Raimo, author of the novel The Girl at the Door, an exploration of marriage, pregnancy and sexual assault allegations that was translated into English this year. “There’s a global buzz about contemporary Italian writers, including many women and even minorities, and we owe a lot to her for that,” said Igiaba Scego, a Somali Italian writer. “It’s getting recognition.” She said that women have generally been kept far from the Italian canon, and that Ferrante’s success overseas is not likely to get her much closer. “To put it bluntly, women writers tend to be less self-referential, because they’re less used to thinking of themselves as the center of the world,” said Brogi, the contemporary literature scholar at the University for Foreigners of Siena.
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