Dario Fo
Italian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist (1926-2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dario Fo (Sangiano 3 March 1926[1] ā 13 October 2016) was an Italian playwright, theatre actor and composer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1997. It highlighted him as a writer "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden".
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Born | (1926-03-24)24 March 1926 San Giano, Italy[1] |
Died | 13 October 2016(2016-10-13) (aged 90) Milan, Italy |
Nationality | Italian |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature (1997) |
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His plays often depend on improvisation, Commedia dell'arte style. Fo owned and operated a theatre company with his wife, actress Franca Rame. His most famous works are Mistero buffo and Accidental Death of an Anarchist.
Fo died on 13 October 2016 at a hospital in Milan, Italy from a serious lung disease, aged 90.[2][3]