DARIO FO

1997 Nobel Laureate in Literature

who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden.

Background

Born: 1926
Place of birth: Lago Maggiore (San Giano?), Italy
Residence: Italy
Best-known plays:
• Morte accidentale di un anarchico (1970, Accidental Death of an Anarchist)
• Non si paga, non si paga (1974, We Can't Pay, We Won't Pay)
• Female Parts (1981)

• We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay! and Other Works : The Collected Plays of Dario Fo
• Morte Accidentale Di UN Anarchico (Italian Texts)
• Dario Fo : Revolutionary Theatre by Tom Behan
• Other Books by/about Dario Fo

• Biography
• The Swedish Academy press release
• Nobel Lecture
• Nobel Diploma
• Nobel Award Ceremony
• Excerpt from Mistero Boffo

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• CNN coverage of the new laureate
• Other press coverage: La rassegna stampa di Venerdì 10 Ottobre 1997, www.alice.it (submitted by Maria Teresa Iovinelli)
• Dario Fo's latest play: "Il diavolo con le zinne" (press coverage, video clip) (submitted by Maria Teresa Iovinelli)
• Biography, bibliography, audio sample and more (submitted by Stefano Di Persio)
• Poetry / The Last Bastion Of The Living Gods (submitted by Thom Douglas Carlisle)
• Nuovo Sito Fo-Rame all'Ass. Teatrale ITINERARIA (submitted by Fabrizio De Giovanni)
• Dario Fo by Cucca Alessandro (submitted by Alessandro Cucca)
• Tutti i Premi Letterari in rete (submitted by Antonio Censabella)
• Dario Fo (1926 - ) (submitted by Moonstruck Drama Bookstore)
• American Repertory Theatre production of Fo's WE WON'T PAY! (submitted by Gideon Lester)
• Biografia di Dario Fo e Franca Rame - official site - (submitted by Fabrizio De Giovanni - Associazione ITINERARIA Milano)
• photos
• dario fo + nobel prize (submitted by anders)
• Theater workshop Dario Fo (submitted by Ernst Moritz Arndt)
• Dario Fo and Franca Rame Research Site (submitted by Ed Emery)
• PBS Online Newshour (submitted by David Lindberg)
• Premios Nobel Hispanoamericanos - EN CASTELLANO !!!! (submitted by webmaster)
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