1. Luigi Pirandello
(1867 - 1936)
QUICK FACTS
• Place of Birth: Girgenti now
Agrigento in the island of Sicily (Italy)
• Marriage: Antonietta Portulano
1894.
• Family: Son Stefano and Fausto and
Lietta.
• Occupation: Philosopher, poet and
dramatic writer.
• Death: December 10, 1936 in Rome
Italy.

3. Personal Details
• Father: Stefano (sulphur
industry)
• Mother: Caterina Ricci
ranito
• Race: White
• Grew up in a upper-
class family in Chaos
• Elementary at home
• High School in Palermo
• University in Rome
• Unversity of Bonn
• The Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1934.

4. His Death
• Luigi Pirandello left
instructions for his
funeral, but the church
did not believe in
cremation and the
Fascist party did not
want a world-famous
fascist to slip away
naked, without his black
shirt.
• Died in his Roman
apartment having his
ashes transferred to his
birthplace. Where they
rest under a solitary
pine tree.
• Thus, against his
wishes, Pirandello was
given a state funeral.

5. Influenced by
• Becket, Ionesco
• Grosue Arduca
• Graf
• Luigi Capuana (narrative)
• German Romantics
– Jean Paul
– Tieck
– Goethe
He influence
• Model for later existential
drama.
• Henry Ibsen
• August Strindberg