Pirandellian

English Etymology From en Pirandello -ian it. Pronunciation en /ˌpɪɹənˈdɛlɪ.ən/ UK en ɛliən 5 Adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the works of Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936), Italian dramatist and poet; especially describing drama in which actors become inseparable and indistinct from the characters that they play. en 1973-04-08 The New York Times Magazine The mind is a formidable jailer: A Pirandellian prison w:Philip Zimbardo; W. Curtis Banks; Craig Haney; David Jaffe 6 36 https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/08/archives/a-pirandellian-prison-the-mind-is-a-formidable-jailer.html en 2011 Studs Terkel The Studs Terkel Reader: My American Century The New Press 9781595587640 https://books.google.de/books?id=04aEPymEqDsC&lpg=PA155&dq=%22Pirandellian%22&pg=PA155#v=onepage&q=%22Pirandellian%22&f=false 155 There is nothing Pirandellian about this writing, nothing detached and ironic. His characters were not on the loose, searching out the author. They were on the loose, of course, but the author was their constant companion. en 2018-09-19 New York Times Review: In ‘The Revolving Cycles,’ What Happened to Terrell? Jesse Green https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/theater/the-revolving-cycles-review-rage.html?searchResultPosition=3 When we finally get to the obligatory scene involving Karma and a white policeman (Mr. Tigar again), “Revolving Cycles” has a Pirandellian nervous breakdown; it seems to be speaking to other plays and playwrights instead of to the audience. Translations characteristic of the works of Luigi Pirandello Czech: cs pirandellovský French: fr pirandellien German: de pirandellianisch, de pirandellesk Greek: el πιραντελλικός, el πιραντελικός Italian: it pirandelliano Polish: pl pirandellowski Portuguese: pt pirandeliano Russian: ru пиранде́лловский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh пиранделовскӣ Latin: sh pirandelovskī Spanish: es pirandeliano en eponyms