NOBEL PRIZES.
AWARD TO SICILIAN LIKELY. (Reeclred 10.30 a.m.) ROME. May 85. The "tiioroale D'ltalia" frtates that the Noble Prize for Literature will be awarded to Signor Pirandello, the Sicilian dramatist, whose work*, after a long struggle for recognition, are now I known throughout Europe.
The Nobel Prize for Literature, founded under the will of Alfred NobeL the Swedish inventor of dynamite, u worth £SOOO. Laet year it was awarded to Mr. t .nard Shaw, one of the few En«liehinca who have received the honour. Pirandello, | who :* now 00 ream of age. did not peeorr ; international recognition 'til UH2. *o« hi* play*, notably "Six Character* in .Search of an Author." •ecured great an.! | 1 crowing appredation. There are now U lof his plays being performed throughout like world.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 122, 26 May 1927, Page 7
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