Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello (1867 – 1936) — Italy, writing in Italian. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934.
“for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art” — The Nobel Committee citation
About Luigi Pirandello
Italian novelist and playwright famed for labyrinths of identity, social masks, and the unstable border between theatre and life. His comedy nearly always opens onto a distinctly modern existential unease.