Luigi Pirandello, an author best know for his plays, novels and short stories, was also a life-long poet. At the age of twenty-two, he published his first collection, “Mal giocondo” (1889, Troubled Joy), followed quickly by three further volumes, “Pasqua in Gea” (1891, Easter in Gea), “Elegie renane” (1895, Rhenish Elegies) and “Zampogna” (1901, Bagpipes). In 1912 he published his final volume of poetry, “Fuori di chiave” (Offkey), but he continued to publish poetry in literary journals and anthologies until his death in...
Luigi Pirandello, an author best know for his plays, novels and short stories, was also a life-long poet. At the age of twenty-two, he published hi...