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Luigi Pirandello
AuthorBooks · Second hand1867-1936
Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer most noted for his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art". 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.
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About Luigi Pirandello
Birth
1867
Death
1936
First book
1893
Years writing
43
Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer most noted for his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art". 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.
Luigi Pirandello was a prolific Italian author who wrote over 1,500 works throughout his career.
His genius led him to win the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for transforming psychological analysis into masterful theatre.
Although world-famous for his plays, he also wrote under the pseudonym Caliban.
His theatrical pieces, often called tragic farces, are considered the direct forerunners of the Theatre of the Absurd.
Born in Agrigento, Pirandello enriched his literary legacy by writing some of his works in Sicilian.
