Writing
Luigi Pirandello
FR, EN, CS, IT cinema · 58 credits
Born
29 June 1867
Died
10 December 1936 (aged 69)
Birthplace
Girgenti, Sicily, Italy [now Agrigento, Sicily, Italy]
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
Filmography
Six personnages en quête d'auteur
Theatre Play, Author
Každý má svou pravdu
Screenplay
A Respectable Woman
Short Story
Six Characters
Theatre Play
The Nanny
Writer
The Humiliated
Short Story
Henry IV
Novel
Kaos
Novel
Kvevri
Novel
Il berretto a sonagli
1970
Il berretto a sonagli
Writers' Production
Jindřich IV.
1968
Jindřich IV.
Theatre Play
Enrico IV
Author, Writer
Nøgen
Writer
Never Say Goodbye
Theatre Play
Man, Beast and Virtue
Theatre Play
Times Gone By
Theatre Play
Así te deseo
Screenplay
Think It Over Jack
Theatre Play
Steel
Novel
As You Desire Me
Theatre Play
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth
Theatre Play
The Flight in the Night
Original Story
The Late Mathias Pascal
Theatre Play