El Viaje / The Trip

Luigi Pirandello fue galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1934 en reconocimiento a su trayectoria literaria.
Publicado por primera vez en 1910, El viaje cuenta la historia de Adriana Braggi, una mujer de treinta y cinco años, viuda, que vive recluida en su casa de Sicilia hasta que una repentina enfermedad la obliga a abandonar su lóbrega cotidianidad para visitar a un médico en Palermo. Emprenderá entonces un viaje de descubrimiento y de reconciliación que llenará sus días de luz.

Luigi Pirandello was born into a wealthy family. He completed his higher education in Palermo, Rome, and Bonn. He later returned to Italy to teach literature at the Rome Normal School for Girls, a position he left when his growing reputation allowed him to dedicate himself exclusively to his writing career. Pirandello began writing poetry and short stories, but he is best known for his work as a playwright. In his works, he poured all his philosophical ideas into his works and explored human psychology through popular characters in a novel theatrical language that left behind traditional conventions. Already a renowned author, he was appointed director of Rome's Teatro d'Arte in 1925 and a member of the Royal Academy of Italy in 1929. In 1934, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature for his "bold and ingenious renewal of dramatic and stagecraft." Although Pirandello's image was slightly overshadowed by his ties to Mussolini's fascism, his brilliant career places him as the most important playwright of interwar Europe and one of the great innovators of 20th-century theatre, whose avant-garde vision remains relevant today. Natàlia Pàmies Lluís (Barcelona, 1995) studied Graphic Design at EINA (Barcelona), graduating with two Laus Oro and Aporta awards, and specialized in Digital Illustration at BAU (Barcelona) to complement both disciplines. She understands design and illustration as two languages that, when combined, can give a project the soul and personality it needs. She has worked as an illustrator for clients such as El País, Penguin Randomhouse, Barcelona City Council, Outsiders Division, Hemper, and Re-Read. Her illustrations are conceptual and evocative, based on a solid idea that seeks honesty, the personal, and the universal. She is passionate about illustrating emotions and relationships, both interpersonal and individual.