Born: 28 June 1867 · Died: 10 December 1936 · Age: 69
Italian playwright of Six Characters in Search of an Author who questioned reality on stage and won the Nobel Prize in Literature
Did you know?He requested a very modest funeral with no ceremony or official mourning, wanting his remains to be returned to his native Sicily.
Quick facts
Date of birth28 June 1867
Date of death10 December 1936
Age at death69
Cause of deathPneumonia
NationalityItalian
BirthplaceAgrigento, Italy
Occupationplaywright, writer, poet
Editor's Take:
Luigi Pirandello turned theatre inside out. A Sicilian who studied in Rome and Bonn, he first wrote novels and short stories. Personal tragedy, including his wife's mental illness, shaped his work. In Six Characters in Search of an Author, unfinished characters walk on stage looking for their play. He asked who we really are behind our social masks. His ideas shaped modern drama. He won the Nobel Prize in 1934.
Key Milestones
1904: The Late Mattia Pascal – novel
1917: Right You Are – play
1921: Six Characters – play
1922: Henry IV – play
Luigi Pirandello ( PIRR-ən-DEL-oh; Italian:; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer most noted for his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art".
Luigi Pirandello's birthday is June 28. He was born on June 28, 1867 in Agrigento, Italy.
How old was Luigi Pirandello when he died?
Luigi Pirandello died on December 10, 1936, aged 69.
Who shares a birthday with Luigi Pirandello?
Famous people who share Luigi Pirandello's June 28 birthday include Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Elon Musk, Peter Paul Rubens, Muhammad Yunus and Henry VIII of England.
