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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1990s (104) 1997 (12) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1920s (114) 1926 (13) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth Europe (459) Europe, southern (30) Italy (19) Sangiano (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 2010s (99) 2016 (12) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death Europe (331) Europe, southern (27) Italy (14) Milan (3) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) D (34) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name E-K (239) F (33) 23. Religion 23. Religion Religious group (353) Buddhism (3) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 72 (21) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (123) Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers (4) Actors, Producers, and Directors (3) Producers and Directors (3) 33. Ethnic Origins 33. Ethnic Origins Europe (33) Europe, southern (20) Italy (20) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens Europe (450) Europe, southern (30) Italy (18) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University Europe (535) Europe, southern (24) Italy (15) Rome (12) Sapienza University of Rome (12) Long-term academic staff (6) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) complete name: Dario Fo nobel prize: literature award year: 1997 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1997 was awarded to Dario Fo "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Dario family name: Fo occupation: screenwriter occupation: writer occupation: composer occupation: poet occupation: playwright occupation: author occupation: illustrator occupation: painter occupation: stage actor occupation: scenographer occupation: theatre director occupation: satirist occupation: film actor notable work: Can't Pay? Won't Pay! notable work: Mistero Buffo notable work: Accidental Death of an Anarchist notable work: Archangels Don't Play Pinball notable work: Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman notable work: The Pope and the Witch notable work: The Virtuous Burglar notable work: Trumpets and Raspberries description: Dario Fo was an Italian actor-playwright, comedian, singer, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, painter, political campaigner for the Italian left-wing and the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. In his time he was "arguably the most widely performed contemporary playwright in world theatre". Much of his dramatic work depends on improvisation and comprises the recovery of "illegitimate" forms of theatre, such as those performed by giullari (medieval strolling players) and, more famously, the ancient Italian style of commedia dell'arte. His plays have been translated into 30 languages and performed across the world, including in Argentina, Chile, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka Sweden, the UK and Yugoslavia. His work of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s is peppered with criticisms of assassinations, corruption, organised crime, racism, Roman Catholic theology and war. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, he took to lampooning Forza Italia and its leader Silvio Berlusconi, while his targets of the 2010s included the banks amid the European sovereign-debt crisis. Also in the 2010s, he became the main ideologue of the Five Star Movement, the anti-establishment party led by Beppe Grillo, often referred by its members as "the Master". Fo's solo pièce célèbre, titled Mistero Buffo and performed across Europe, Canada and Latin America over a 30-year period, is recognised as one of the most controversial and popular spectacles in postwar European theatre and has been denounced by the Vatican as "the most blasphemous show in the history of television". The title of the original English translation of Non Si Paga! Non Si Paga! (Can't Pay? Won't Pay!) has passed into the English language. "The play captures something universal in actions and reactions of the working class." His receipt of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature marked the "international acknowledgment of Fo as a major figure in twentieth-century world theatre". The Swedish Academy praised Fo as a writer "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden". He owned and operated a theatre company. Fo was an atheist. pronunciation: (Italian: [ˈdaːrjo ˈfɔ]) image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1997. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1997/summary/> date birth: 1926 date death: 2016 usual name: Dario Fo
