Pirandello

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Siracusa,_Italy
gptkbp:associated_act gptkb:Theatre_of_the_Absurd
Italian literature
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
gptkbp:birth_date 1867-06-28
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Agrigento,_Italy
gptkbp:children gptkb:Fausto_Pirandello
gptkb:Lina_Pirandello
gptkb:Stefano_Pirandello
gptkbp:death_date 1936-12-10
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Rome,_Italy
gptkbp:famous_quote “ It is the duty of the writer to make the world a better place.”
“ A character is a person who has a life of his own.”
“ Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved.”
“ The truth is that we are all characters in a play.”
“ We are all actors in the theater of life.”
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Modernist_literature
Absurdist theatre
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pirandello
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Postmodern_literature
gptkb:Theatre_of_the_Absurd
Existentialism
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Alexander_Chekhov
gptkb:Henrik_Ibsen
gptkb:Giovanni_Verga
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Italian
gptkbp:notable_for Irony
Paradox
Psychological realism
Metatheatre
Self-referentiality
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Six_Characters_in_Search_of_an_Author
gptkb:The_Late_Mattia_Pascal
gptkb:Henry_IV
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Author
gptkb:playwright
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:TV_series
gptkb:Italian_Renaissance
gptkb:Reality
Philosophy of language
20th-century literature
gptkbp:spouse Maria Antonietta Portulano