Luigi Pirandello
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an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays
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Born
28 June 1867 Girgenti (now Agrigento ), Sicily, Italy
Died
10 December 1936 (aged 69) Rome, Italy
Nationality
Italian
Alma mater
University of Bonn
Occupation
Writer
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Italy
Children
Stefano (1895–1972) Rosalia (1897–1971) Fausto (1899–1975)
era
1800+
Genre
Drama, novel, poetry
Literary movement
Italian modernism
Notable awards
Nobel Prize in Literature 1934
Notable works
The Late Mattia Pascal (1904) Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921) Henry IV (1922) One, No One and One Hundred Thousand (1926)
Spouse
Maria Antonietta Portulano ( m. 1894)
Subject
Insanity, humour
Years active
1893–1933