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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Každý má svou pravdu (2023)
A Respectable Woman (2023)
La Scelta (2022)
Six Characters (2022)
Leonora addio (2022)
The Man With the Flower in His Mouth (2021)
The Wait (2015)
The Choice (2015)
Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001)
The Nanny (1999)
You Laugh (1998)
Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou (1994)
Six Characters in Search of An Author (1992)
Európa, moja láska (1992)
The Humiliated (1986)
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985)
Kaos (1984)
Henry IV (1984)
Wir (1983)
Il turno (1981)
Il berretto a sonagli (1981)
Six Characters in Search of An Author (1976)
The Rules of the Game (1975)
The Voyage (1974)
Right You Are (if you think so) (1974)
Vestire gli ignudi (1973)
Monday's Theater (1972)
Kvevri (1971)
Il berretto a sonagli (1970)
Alta comedia (1970)
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth (1970)
Jindřich IV. (1968)
Alles zum Guten (1967)
Das Vergnügen, anständig zu sein (1966)
Człowiek z kwiatem w ustach (1965)
Six Characters In Search Of An Author (1965)
Henry IV (1965)
Sechs Personen suchen einen Autor (1964)
A Very Handy Man (1964)
Nøgen (1964)
L'abito nuovo (1964)
Šesť postáv hľadá autora (1964)
Das Vergnügen, anständig zu sein (1962)
So ist es - ist es so? (1960)
Professor Toti (1960)
Todo sea para bien (1957)
Never Say Goodbye (1956)
Clothing the Naked (1954)
Of Life and Love (1954)
Man, Beast and Virtue (1953)
Times Gone By (1952)
Así te deseo (1948)
This Love of Ours (1945)
Enrico IV (1943)
Terra di nessuno (1939)
Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen kann (1938)
The Man from Nowhere (1937)
Il fu Mattia Pascal (1937)
But It's Nothing Serious (1936)
Pensaci, Giacomino! (1936)
Steel (1933)
As You Desire Me (1932)
The last lullaby (1931)
The Song of Love (1930)
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth (1930)
The Flight in the Night (1926)
The Late Mathias Pascal (1925)
Ma non è una cosa seria (1921)
Lo scaldino (1920)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1867-06-28
Deathday1936-12-10 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceAgrigento, Italy
ReligionChristianity
ChildrenStefano Pirandello, Fausto Pirandello
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy
AwardsNobel Prize in Literature
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