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Pirandello

[ pir-uhn-del-oh; Italian pee-rahn-del-law ]
/ ˌpɪr ənˈdɛl oʊ; Italian ˌpi rɑnˈdɛl lɔ /

noun

Lu·i·gi [loo-ee-jee], /luˈi dʒi/, 1867–1936, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1934.

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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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