Anita Raja | |
|---|---|
 Lecturing at NYU, Florence, 2015 | |
| Born | Anita Raja April 5, 1953 |
| Occupation(s) | Translator and Author |
| Years active | 1980-present |
| Spouse | Domenico Starnone |
| Children | Viola Starnone |
Anita Raja is a prize-winning Italian literary translator and library director. She is chiefly known for translating most of the Christa Wolf works, from German into Italian. She is also known for translating poetry and prose by Franz Kafka, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Ilse Aichinger, Hermann Hesse, Sarah Kirsch, The Brothers Grimm and Bertolt Brecht into Italian.[1][2]
Anita Raja is widely presumed to be the Italian novelist writing under the pen name Elena Ferrante, whose Neapolitan Novels became an international publishing phenomenon.[3][4][5][6]
- ^ "Duplice Conferenza di Anita Raja". Metra, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Translating Works for Young People (in Italian). 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Translators- Anita Raja". La Nota del Traduttore. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ Benedictus, Leo (7 October 2016). "Elena Ferrante and the trouble with anonymity". The Guardian.
- ^ Schwartz, Alexandra (3 October 2016). "The Unmasking of Elena Ferrante". The New Yorker.
- ^ Jacob, Didier (17 May 2018). "In a rare interview, Elena Ferrante describes the writing process". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Kington, Tom; Malvern, Jack (4 October 2016). "Anger at 'ugly' campaign to unmask mystery author". The Times.