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

Lento, Haute-Corse Lento (; co, Lentu) 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 th ...

), 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 Le Grand Prix du Roman is a French literary award, created in 1914, and given each year by the Académie française. Along with the Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French litera ...

. She was discovered by

Pascal Quignard Pascal Quignard (; born 23 April 1948) is a French writer born in Verneuil-sur-Avre, Eure. In 2002 his novel ''Les Ombres errantes'' won the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize. ''Terrasse à Rome'' (Terrasse in Rome), received the Fren ...

éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (; formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961) is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by Gast ...

. She lives and works in the town of Saint-Florent, in the

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Works

*1995: ''Les Femmes de San Stefano'', novel, (crowned by the Académie française) *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 Michel Mohrt (28 April 1914 – 17 August 2011) was an editor, essayist, novelist and historian of French literature. Mohrt was born in Morlaix, Finistère. He was elected to the Académie française on 18 April 1985. Mohrt died at the age of ...

*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''
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