Luigi Pirandello
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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Films (58)
Six personnages en quête d'auteur
2025 · Theatre Play, Author
Fantasmi
2024 · Story
Každý má svou pravdu
2023 · Screenplay
A Respectable Woman
2023 · Short Story
Six Characters
2022 · Theatre Play
Leonora addio
2022 · Novel
The Man With the Flower in His Mouth
2021 · Novel
Le Choix
2015 · Novel
Six personnages en quête d'auteur
2013 · Theatre Play
In cerca d'autore. Studio sui Sei personaggi
2012 · Writer
La Nourrice
1999 · Writer
Kaos II
1998 · Story
Tri poviedky so Zdenou Gruberovou
1994 · Book
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth
1993 · Writer
Six Characters in Search of An Author
1992 · Theatre Play
The Humiliated
1986 · Short Story
Suicider
1985 · Writer
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
1985 · Novel
Kaos
1984 · Novel
Henry IV
1984 · Novel
Il turno
1981 · Novel
Il berretto a sonagli
1981 · Writer
Henry IV
1979 · Writer
Six Characters in Search of an Author
1977 · Writer
Six Characters in Search of An Author
1976 · Writer
O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro
1976 · Theatre Play
The Rules of the Game
1975 · Writer
The Light of the Opposite House
1975 · Novel
The Voyage
1974 · Story
Sweet Lemon
1972 · Writer
Kvevri
1971 · Novel
Il berretto a sonagli
1970 · Writers' Production
Tout pour le mieux
1969 · Writer
Jindřich IV.
1968 · Theatre Play
Enrico IV
1967 · Author, Writer
Człowiek z kwiatem w ustach
1965 · Theatre Play
Six Characters in Search of an Author
1965 · Theatre Play
Henry IV
1965 · Writer
Six personnages en quête d'auteur
1964 · Theatre Play
Nøgen
1964 · Writer
A Very Handy Man
1964 · Story
L'abito nuovo
1964 · Writer
Šesť postáv hľadá autora
1964 · Theatre Play
Todo sea para bien
1957 · Author
Never Say Goodbye
1956 · Theatre Play
Of Life and Love
1954 · Novel
Man, Beast and Virtue
1953 · Theatre Play
Times Gone By
1952 · Theatre Play
Así te deseo
1948 · Screenplay
The Man from Nowhere
1937 · Novel
Think It Over Jack
1936 · Theatre Play
Steel
1933 · Novel
As You Desire Me
1932 · Theatre Play
The Song of Love
1930 · Novel
The Man with the Flower in His Mouth
1930 · Theatre Play
The Flight in the Night
1926 · Original Story
The Late Mathias Pascal
1925 · Theatre Play
Lo scaldino
1920 · Story
