The great Sicilian writer,who was born on 28 June 1867 in Contrada Caos, Agrigento, and died in 1936 in Rome, made enormous artistic, philosophical and literary contributions to the entire world and was significant in spreading knowledge about his region of birth.
Recipient of a Nobel Prize in 1934, he was a master of weaving tragic themes connected to reflections about existence, identity and reality, with great sensitivity toward the Sicilian reality in particular, into his complex works, many of which were theatrical works. In addition, his work reflects a sort of grotesque vein of humour, a topic on which he also wrote an important essay; an element which holds truth and fiction, health and disease, life and death, sanity and insanity in careful balance.
The house of Pirandello’s birth plays host to numerous mementos from the various recognitions received by the great writer, such as photographs, paintings and posters from his theatrical works.
The Luigi Pirandello Library is adjacent to the museum.