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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1930s (56) 1934 (6) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1860s (52) 1867 (6) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, southern (30) Italy (19) Agrigento (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1930s (37) 1936 (6) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, southern (27) Italy (14) Rome (5) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) L (30) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) P (41) 23. Religion 23. Religion Irreligion group (86) Atheism (75) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 68 (24) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (123) Media and Communication Workers (117) Writers and Editors (101) Writers and Authors (101) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Europe (33) Europe, southern (20) Italy (20) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, southern (30) Italy (18) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, central (165) Germany (154) Bonn (10) Bonn University (10) Alumni (5) Europe, southern (24) Italy (15) Rome (12) Sapienza University of Rome (12) Alumni (4) complete name: Luigi Pirandello nobel prize: literature award year: 1934 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1934 was awarded to Luigi Pirandello "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts given name: Luigi family name: Pirandello occupation: screenwriter occupation: writer occupation: poet occupation: playwright occupation: author occupation: novelist notable work: Six Characters in Search of an Author notable work: Henry IV notable work: The Turn notable work: The Late Mattia Pascal notable work: One, No one and One Hundred Thousand notable work: Clothing The Naked notable work: L'Esclusa notable work: Ma non è una cosa seria description: Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. 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 novels, hundreds of short stories, and 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. pronunciation: (Italian: [luˈiːdʒi piranˈdɛllo]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1934. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1934/summary/> date birth: 1867 date death: 1936 usual name: Luigi Pirandello
