House of pirandello (Casa di pirandello)

 

This was the last place the author lived in in Rome. Since 1962 it has housed the Institute of Studies on Pirandello and Contemporary Italian Theatre, which is entrusted with the conservation of the house, and in particular the conservation and cataloguing of the author's library and papers. Since 1986 the institute has published the four-monthly theatre magazine "Ariel".

The apartment is in a building built in the second decade of the last century in what was then Via Alessandro Torlonia, in a leafy neighbourhood of the city conjured up in many of the author's works.

It consists of a large drawing room-study, a bed room and a terrace.

The original furnishings date back to 1933, the year in which the author moved in upon his return to Italy after the years spent in Berlin and Paris. Some of the Florentine-style furniture dates back to the 1920s and came from the writer's previous homes (a desk, two glass-fronted bookcases and two "Savonarola chairs").

The big sofa, armchairs, second desk, shelves and bedroom furniture (in the rational style) were all later acquisitions.

Also preserved is the little typewriter, from which the author became inseparable.

Among the pictures are four by his son, Fausto. The library includes about 2,000 books which belonged to the author: dictionaries, encyclopaedias, annotated books, translations of Pirandello's works, and volumes by contemporary writers bearing dedications.

There are also several hand-written manuscripts of poetry, novels and plays.

Information and Addresses

Address Via A. Bosio, 13b/15

Visiting Hours Tuesday - Friday from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm Closed Monday, Saturday and Sunday

Telephone and Fax 06 44291853

Price Free admission

 

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