Pirandello

[ pir-uhn-del-oh; Italian pee-rahn-del-law ]

/ ˌpɪr ənˈdɛl oʊ; Italian ˌpi rɑnˈdɛl lɔ /

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noun

Lu·i·gi

[loo-ee-jee], /luˈi dʒi/, 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel Prize 1934.

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How to use Pirandello in a sentence

Let us not miss the latter, especially, in the complex mood of all Pirandello's theatre.
Three Plays|Luigi Pirandello
All of Pirandello's plays are built for acting, and only incidentally for reading.
Three Plays|Luigi Pirandello
It is one of the plays of Pirandello that has had considerable success on the stage.
Idling in Italy|Joseph Collins
They must be taken as a whole—if one would look for a full statement of Pirandello's "thought."
Three Plays|Luigi Pirandello

Enough for the lover of the theatre is the fact that Pirandello derives the most interesting dramatic possibilities from it.
Three Plays|Luigi Pirandello

British Dictionary definitions for Pirandello

Pirandello

/ (Italian piranˈdɛllo) /

noun

Luigi (luˈiːdʒi). 1867–1936, Italian short-story writer, novelist, and dramatist. His plays include Right you are (If you think so) (1917), Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921), and Henry IV (1922): Nobel prize for literature 1934

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