Nobel Prize in Literature 1934

Luigi Pirandello

Photo: Trevisani, Bologna. Nobel Foundation archive

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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1934 was awarded to Luigi Pirandello "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art"

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