Luigi Pirandello
Writing
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.
Known for
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movieSix personnages en quête d'auteur
2025
Theatre Play, Author
movieFantasmi
2024
Story
movieKaždý má svou pravdu
2023
Screenplay
movieA Respectable Woman
2023
Short Story
movieSix Characters
2022
Theatre Play
movieThe Choice
2015
Novel
movieSix personnages en quête d'auteur
2013
Theatre Play
movieThe Nanny
1999
Writer
movieYou Laugh
1998
Story
movieSix Characters in Search of An Author
1992
Theatre Play
movieThe Humiliated
1986
Short Story
movieSuicider
1985
Writer
movieKaos
1984
Novel
movieHenry IV
1984
Novel
movieIl turno
1981
Novel
movieThe Voyage
1974
Story
movieليمون حلو
1972
Writer
tvMonday's Theater
1972
Writer
movieKvevri
1971
Novel
Il berretto a sonagli
1970
Writers' Production
tvAlta comedia
1970
Novel, Story
Jindřich IV.
1968
Theatre Play
movieEnrico IV
1967
Author, Writer
movieSix Characters in Search of an Author
1965
Theatre Play
movieHenry IV
1965
Writer
tvTheatre 625
1964
Theatre Play
movieSix personnages en quête d'auteur
1964
Theatre Play
movieNøgen
1964
Writer
movieL'abito nuovo
1964
Writer
movieNever Say Goodbye
1956
Theatre Play
movieMan, Beast and Virtue
1953
Theatre Play
movieTimes Gone By
1952
Theatre Play
movieAsí te deseo
1948
Screenplay
moviePensaci, Giacomino!
1936
Theatre Play
movieSteel
1933
Novel
movieAs You Desire Me
1932
Theatre Play
movieThe Man with the Flower in His Mouth
1930
Theatre Play
movieThe Flight in the Night
1926
Original Story
movieLo scaldino
1920
Story