caption death_date death_place birth_place awards nationality birth_date signature image article_title name occupation
pirandello in 1932 10 december 1936 rome , italy agrigento , sicily , italy nobel prize in literature 1934 italian 28 june 1867 pirandello firma.jpg luigi pirandello 1932.jpg luigi pirandello
 luigi pirandello dramatist , novelist , playwright , short story writer
luigi pirandello

luigi pirandello -lrb- ; 28 june 1867 -- 10 december 1936 -rrb- was an italian dramatist , novelist , poet and short story writer .
he was awarded the 1934 nobel prize in literature for his `` bold and brilliant renovation of the drama and the stage '' .
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 .
