{"id":2338,"date":"2021-05-21T13:42:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T11:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurotrad.com\/blog\/5-italian-books-most-translated-into-english\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T12:25:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T11:25:19","slug":"5-italian-books-most-translated-into-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurotrad.com\/en\/magazine\/5-italian-books-most-translated-into-english\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 italian books most translated into english"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To measure the success of a book, and a novel, in particular, you need to calculate <strong>the number of copies sold in the author\u2019s home country<\/strong>, <strong>the number of copies sold abroad<\/strong>, and <strong>the number of languages<\/strong> into which the book has been translated.<\/p>\n<h2>The most translated Italian writers: from fairy tales to epistolary novels<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve compiled a list of Italian authors who have travelled the world on the back of their quality translations.<\/p>\n<h2>The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi<\/h2>\n<p>Carlo Lorenzini, professionally known as <strong>Carlo Collodi<\/strong> is the author of one of <strong>the most famous children\u2019s fairy tales<\/strong>.<em> <strong>The Adventures of Pinocchio<\/strong><\/em> was first published in 1881 and has sold more than <strong>35 million copies to date<\/strong>. The novel has also been translated into a whopping <strong>220 languages<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<h2>The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri<\/h2>\n<p>According to Wikipedia\u2019s <strong>ranking of best-selling books<\/strong>, \u201cpoor\u201d <strong>Dante Alighieri<\/strong> falls just outside the top 100. His <strong><em>Divine Comedy<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 which was written well before the twentieth-century printing industry existed \u2013 has technically sold between <strong>11 and 12 million copies<\/strong>, but the real figure is estimated to be much, much higher. The Divine Comedy has been translated into <strong>58 languages<\/strong>, mainly in Europe and Asia, but South American and African translations also exist.<\/p>\n<h2>The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Umberto Eco<\/strong> was the man behind this truly iconic work of Italian fiction.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 His novel captured the attention of millions of readers around the world thanks to its skilful mix of the thriller, detective, noir and gothic genres. The Name of the Rose has been translated into over <strong>54 languages<\/strong> and has sold more than <strong>60 million copies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante<\/h2>\n<p>This more recent success has been translated into <strong>40 different languages<\/strong>, setting in motion an international craze for Italian literature. We\u2019re talking about none other than <strong><em>My Brilliant Friend<\/em><\/strong>, a novel about a friendship between two young Neapolitan women.<\/p>\n<p>The novel is <strong>one of the most popular Italian books to be translated into English<\/strong>, and as such, it\u2019s worth dedicating a few words to its author. The name <strong>Elena Ferrante<\/strong> is a <strong>pseudonym<\/strong> used by <strong>a Neapolitan writer<\/strong> whose identity was revealed following an investigation by <em>Il Sole 24<\/em>, the results of which were also published in Germany.<\/p>\n<h2>Follow Your Heart by Susanna Tamaro<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Susanna Tamaro<\/strong> is an author whose name will forever be linked to a genre-defining epistolary novel called <strong><em>Follow Your Heart<\/em><\/strong>. This novel was first published in 1994 and was subsequently translated into <strong>34 different languages<\/strong>, selling <strong>15 million copies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As can be seen from this very short round-up, there is almost an infinite number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurotrad.com\/en\/language-translations\/\">language combinations<\/a> into which a novel can be translated, and <strong>each version is tasked with encapsulating the charm, atmosphere, and rhythm of the original text<\/strong>: a task that should only be entrusted to a translation professional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To measure the success of a book, and a novel, in particular, you need to calculate the number of copies sold in the author\u2019s home country, the number of copies sold abroad, and the number of languages into which the book has been translated. The most translated Italian writers: from fairy tales to epistolary novels We\u2019ve compiled a list of Italian authors who have travelled the world on the back of their quality translations. The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Carlo Lorenzini, professionally known&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The 5 italian books most translated into english | EuroTrad<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Which are the italian writers most read in the world? 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