Marie Ferranti
Marie Ferranti, real name Marie-Dominique Mariotti (; born 1962, in Lento, Haute-Corse), 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. She was discovered by Pascal Quignard at éditions Gallimard. She lives and works in the town of Saint-Florent, in the Haute-Corse.