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Luigi Pirandello
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Luigi Pirandello

Creator · born June 28, 1867 · died 1936

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Luigi Pirandello 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".

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  1. ~54Notable work: Six Characters in Search of an Author1921
  2. ~67Received the Nobel Prize in Literature1934

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