Claudio Gatti (born 22 October 1955 in Rome) is an Italian investigative journalist, based in New York City.
Career 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, and simultaneously in the Italian, German, and French press, Gatti's article quickly set off a firestorm of criticism.
Awards Saint-Vincent journalism prize, 2003 Premiolino journalism prize, 2005
References
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. Commander in Gulf War, Dies at 78 Donadio R. My Search for Elena Ferrante. Atlantic Monthly. 2018;322(5):96-107. Accessed 3 August 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=132925580&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site Claudio Gatti. Baker & Taylor Author Biographies. January 2000:1. Accessed 3 August 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=49415342&lang=ru&site=eds-live&scope=site Elena Ferrante: literary storm as Italian reporter 'identifies' author