Luigi Pirandello
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- June 29, 1867
- Died
- December 10, 1936 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Girgenti, Sicily, Italy [now Agrigento, Sicily, Italy]
Biography
Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer, best known for his many acclaimed stage plays and several successful novels such as The Late Mattia Pascal (1904) and One, No One and One Hundred Thousand (1926). He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power to turn psychological analysis into good theatre." Pirandello's works include 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. His first major play, Right You Are (if You Think You Are) (1917), explored the relativity of truth, a lifelong subject for Pirandello. Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921) contrasted art and life; it was followed by the tragedy Henry IV (1922). His other plays include Each in His Own Way (1924) and Tonight We Improvise (1930). He established the Teatro d’Arte in Rome and toured the world with his company (1925–27). Nearly all of Pirandello's plays were translated into English by the actor Robert Rietti.
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Filmography
Pirandello: novelle per un anno
TV · Novel · 5 eps
Six personnages en quête d'auteur
Movie · Theatre Play, Author
Fantasmi
Movie · Story
Každý má svou pravdu
Movie · Screenplay
A Respectable Woman
Movie · Short Story
Leonora addio
Movie · Novel
Six Characters
Movie · Theatre Play
The Man With the Flower in His Mouth
Movie · Novel
The Choice
Movie · Novel
Six personnages en quête d'auteur
Movie · Theatre Play
In cerca d'autore. Studio sui Sei personaggi
Movie · Writer
The Nanny
Movie · Writer
You Laugh
Movie · Story
Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou
Movie · Book
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth
Movie · Writer
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Movie · Theatre Play
The Humiliated
Movie · Short Story
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
Movie · Novel
Suicider
Movie · Writer
Henry IV
Movie · Novel
Kaos
Movie · Novel
Il turno
Movie · Novel
Il berretto a sonagli
Movie · Writer
Henry IV
Movie · Writer
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Movie · Writer
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Movie · Writer
O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro
Movie · Theatre Play
The Rules of the Game
Movie · Writer
The Light of the Opposite House
Movie · Novel
The Voyage
Movie · Story
Sweet Lemon
Movie · Writer
Monday's Theater
TV · Writer · 1 ep
Kvevri
Movie · Novel
Il berretto a sonagli
Movie · Writers' Production
Alta comedia
TV · Novel, Story · 1 ep
Tout pour le mieux
Movie · Writer
Jindřich IV.
Movie · Theatre Play
Enrico IV
Movie · Author, Writer
Człowiek z kwiatem w ustach
Movie · Theatre Play
Henry IV
Movie · Writer
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Movie · Theatre Play
Šesť postáv hľadá autora
Movie · Theatre Play
Nøgen
Movie · Writer
A Very Handy Man
Movie · Story
Six personnages en quête d'auteur
Movie · Theatre Play
L'abito nuovo
Movie · Writer
Theatre 625
TV · Theatre Play · 1 ep
Todo sea para bien
Movie · Author
Never Say Goodbye
Movie · Theatre Play
Of Life and Love
Movie · Novel
Man, Beast and Virtue
Movie · Theatre Play
Times Gone By
Movie · Theatre Play
Así te deseo
Movie · Screenplay
The Man from Nowhere
Movie · Novel
Think It Over Jack
Movie · Theatre Play
Steel
Movie · Novel
As You Desire Me
Movie · Theatre Play
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth
Movie · Theatre Play
The Song of Love
Movie · Novel
The Flight in the Night
Movie · Original Story
The Late Mathias Pascal
Movie · Theatre Play
Lo scaldino
Movie · Story