Luigi Pirandello

Luigi Pirandello (Italian: Luigi Pirandello, June 28, 1867 - December 10, 1936), Italian playwright, novelist, winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize for Literature. Pirandello was born in a wealthy family in Sicily. He studied literature at the University of Palermo and the University of Rome, and then went to the University of Bonn in Germany for further study. In 1892, Pirandello returned to his country and settled in Rome. From 1897 to 1922, he taught at the Higher Normal School for Women in Rome. In 1925, he organized and established the "Rome Art Theater" and served as artistic director. From 1926 to 1936, he led the troupe to perform in various countries in Europe and the United States. Pirandello's creations were extremely rich. He wrote more than 300 short stories in his life, which were later collected into the two-volume "Story of a Year" (1937), seven novels, more than 40 screenplays, and seven volumes of poetry. His novels made him famous in the literary world in the early twentieth century. However, the dramatic performance seems to be superior. Pirandello's plays reveal the conflict between man and society, as well as the theme of man's self-conflict, which is thought-provoking. His exploration of dramatic art forms pioneered modernist drama, and he is regarded by many as a master of drama at the beginning of the century, comparable to Chekhov, Strindberg, and Ibsen. As for the writer's overall creative style, Meng Xianzhong believes that Pirandello is an original artist who does not deliberately pursue plot twists and bizarre events, but instead taps into people's inner conflicts.