Pirandello, Luigi

Luigi Pirandello was born in Sicily in 1867 and died in Rome in 1936, where he had first settled as a professional writer in 1893. The following year he married a woman whose mental health collapsed in 1904 leading finally to her commitment to an asylum in 1919. he was already well-known as a novelist and critic before achieving international recognition as a playwright with "Absolutely! (Perhaps)" - originally translated as "Right You Are! (If You Think You Are)" in 1917, "The Rules of the Game" (1918), "Six Characters in Search of an Author" (1921), "Henry IV "(1922), "The Man with the Flowe...