Claudio Gatti is an Italian investigative journalist, based in New York City.

Claudio Gatti
Born
Rome
Occupationinvestigative journalist
EmployerIl Sole 24 Ore

Career

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Claudio Gatti is a special correspondent for Il Sole 24 Ore and writes for The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He has written for Italian and foreign newspapers, and was a correspondent for L'Europeo, Deputy Director of The World and director of Italy Daily supplement. In the United States, Gatti is most well known for his investigative reporting on the identity of novelist Elena Ferrante. Published in October 2016 in New York Review of Books,[1] and simultaneously in the Italian, German, and French press, Gatti's article quickly set off a firestorm of criticism.[2]

Awards

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  • Saint-Vincent journalism prize, 2003
  • Premiolino journalism prize, 2005

References

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  1. ^ Gatti, Claudio (2 October 2016). "Elena Ferrante: An Answer?". New York Review of Books. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ^ Schwartz, Alexandra (3 October 2016). "The "Unmasking" of Elena Ferrante". The New Yorker. Retrieved 12 February 2017.