Luigi Pirandello

Luigi Pirandello ( PIRR-ən-DEL-oh; Italian: [luˈiːdʒi piranˈdɛllo]; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) 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.

Notable works: L'Esclusa, The Turn, Ma non è una cosa seria, One, No one and One Hundred Thousand, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Novels for a year, Il fu Mattia Pascal, Clothing The Naked Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre Education: University of Bonn

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