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Luigi Pirandello Correspondence with Marta Abba

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936.

Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936) was an Italian playwright.

The collection consists of correspondence between Pirandello and the Italian actress Marta Abba, who spent much of her life interpreting his plays. Pirandello's forty-three plays, as well as other literary works, are discussed in the correspondence, which reveals the special "maestro-disciple" relationship shared by the couple. She died in 1988.

His original letters are listed below (Boxes 1-6). Abba retained the originals of her letters to him, but supplied the photocopies noted in Boxes 7 and 8.

Luigi Pirandello's letters to Marta Abba have been published: Pirandello's love letters to Marta Abba, edited and translated by Benito Ortolani (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1994).

The original letters by Abba to Pirandello were retained by her.

The collection is also available on microfilm.

Acquired in 1986 from Marta Abba. Additions from Mrs. Christian Aall in 1989.

This collection was processed in 2002. Finding aid written in 2002.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2002
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Physical Description

6 boxes

1925-1926, 1925-1926. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1928, 1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1929 March, 1929 March. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1929 April, 1929 April. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1929 May, 1929 May. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1929 June, 1929 June. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1929 July, 1929 July. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1929 September-December, 1929 September-December. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1930 February-March, 1930 February-March. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1930 April, 1930 April. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1930 May, 1930 May. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1930 June-July, 1930 June-July. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1930 August-December, 1930 August-December. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1931 January, 1931 January. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1931 February, 1931 February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1931 March, 1931 March. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1931 April, 1931 April. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1931 May, 1931 May. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1931 June-July, 1931 June-July. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1931 August, 1931 August. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1931 September-October, 1931 September-October. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1932 January-February, 1932 January-February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1932 March-April, 1932 March-April. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1932 May-August, 1932 May-August. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1932 September-December, 1932 September-December. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1933, 1933. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1934, 1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1935 January-March, 1935 January-March. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1935 April-August, 1935 April-August. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1935 September-December, 1935 September-December. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

1936 January-March, 1936 January-March. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1936 April-June, 1936 April-June. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1936 July-December, 1936 July-December. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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2 boxes

1923-1939, 1923-1939. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1926-1930, 1926-1930. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1930, 1930. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1931: Part I, 1931. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1931: Part II, 1931. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1932-1933, 1932-1933. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1934, 1934. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1935, 1935. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1936: Part I, 1936. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1936: Part II, 1936. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Miscellaneous, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Unprocessed Material, undated. 7 boxes.
Scope and Contents

Undescribed material located during 2014 collections move.

Physical Description

7 boxes

Print, Suggest