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Luigi Pirandello

Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello in 1932
Luigi Pirandello in 1932
Born(1867-06-28)28 June 1867
Girgenti, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy
Died10 December 1936(1936-12-10) (aged 69)
Rome, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy
OccupationWriter
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
GenreDrama, novel, poetry
SubjectInsanity, humour
Literary movementItalian modernism
Years active1893–1933
Notable works
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature
1934
Spouse
Maria Antonietta Portulano
(m. 1894)
(1871–1959)
ChildrenStefano (1895–1972)
Rosalia (1897–1971)
Fausto (1899–1975)
Signature

Luigi Pirandello (Italian: [luˈiːdʒi piranˈdɛllo]; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays.[1] He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art".[2] Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written in Sicilian. Pirandello's tragic farces are often seen as forerunners of the Theatre of the Absurd.

Pirandello reading his work "Six characters in search of an author" (1926)
  1. ^ "Luigi Pirandello - Biographical". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1934". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

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