Marie Ferranti, real name Marie-Dominique Mariotti (; born 1962, in

Lento, Haute-Corse Lento (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Since 2015, it is part of the canton of Golo-Morosaglia. The writer Marie Ferranti was born in Lento. Population See also * Communes of the Haute-C ...

), is a French writer. She chose the patronym of her maternal great-grandmother as a literary pseudonym. Her novel ''La Princesse de Mantoue'' won the

Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française The is a French literary award, created in 1914, and given each year by the Académie Française. Along with the Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the ...

. She was discovered by Pascal Quignard at éditions Gallimard. She lives and works in the town of Saint-Florent, in the

Haute-Corse Haute-Corse (; , or ; ) is a department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Corse-du-Sud on 1 January 2018, forming the single ter ...

Works

*1995: ''Les Femmes de San Stefano'', novel, (crowned by the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

) *1996: ''La Chambre des défunts'', novel *2000: ''La Fuite aux Agriates'', novel *2002: ''La Princesse de Mantoue'', novel, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française *2002: ''Le Paradoxe de l'ordre'', essai sur l'œuvre romanesque de Michel Mohrt *2004: ''La Chasse de nuit'', novel *2006: ''Lucie de Syracuse'', novel *2006: ''La Cadillac des Montadori'', novel *2012: ''Une haine de Corse. Histoire véridique de Napoléon Bonaparte et de Charles-André Pozzo di Borgo'', Grand Prix du Mémorial de la ville d'Ajaccio *2013: ''Marguerite et les grenouilles. Saint Florent, chroniques, portraits et autres histoires, récits'' *2014: ''Les Maîtres de chant'', narration

External links

''Entretien avec Marie Ferranti - Marguerite et les grenouilles''
on La Cause Littéraire

on Corse net.infos
''Marie Ferranti raconte une haine de Corse''
on Corse-Matin (27 March 2012)
Marie Ferranti
on the site of éditions Gallimard
''La Cadillac des Montadori''
on Babelio
''Les maîtres de chant par Marie Ferranti''
on Babelio 1962 births Living people People from Corsica 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists 21st-century French essayists 20th-century French women writers Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners French women novelists 21st-century French women writers 20th-century pseudonymous writers Pseudonymous women writers {{France-novelist-20thC-stub