Ernesto Ferrero

Ernesto Ferrero (6 May 1938 – 31 October 2023) was an Italian writer, literary critic and translator.

Life and career Born in Turin, in 1963 Ferrero started his career as a press officer for the Einaudi publishing house. He made his literary debut with a dictionary of Italian slang (I gerghi del male dal ’400 a oggi, 1972),

Ferrero is best known for the novel N, a reconstruction of Napoleon's stay on Elba through the diary of his librarian; the book was translated in numerous foreign languages, won the Strega Prize and was freely adapted by Paolo Virzì into a film, Napoleon and Me. He also wrote critical essays and collaborated with various newspapers and television programmes. He died on 31 October 2023, at the age of 85.