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Dario Fo

Italian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist (1926-2016).

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Lived90 years1926–2016

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Dario Fo was an Italian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist. Born on 24 March 1926 in Sangiano, Fo died on 13 October 2016 in Luigi Sacco Hospital at the age of 90.

Notable works include Archangels Don't Play Pinball, Mistero Buffo and Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Fo studied at Brera Academy. Honours include Sonning Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature and honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, among 7 recorded.

With a Wikipedia article in 109 languages, Dario Fo is No. 15,365 in the People and Position Index.

Born
24 March 1926, Sangiano
Died
13 October 2016, Luigi Sacco Hospital (aged 90)
Country
Kingdom of Italy
Known as
Theatre director, stage actor, screenwriter
Field
Cinema
Party
Communist Refoundation Party
Education
Brera Academy
Genres
Comedy
Languages
Italian
Children
1
Wikipedia editions
109

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90

Lived to 90.

24 Mar

Shares a birthday with Harry Houdini and Nathalia Dill.

109

Has a Wikipedia article in 109 languages.

Computed from the Index and Wikidata.

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Honours and works

Awards

  • Sonning Prize1981
  • Nobel Prize in Literature1997
  • Honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel2001
  • Honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University2005
  • Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral
  • Honorary citizen of Palermo
  • Cinearti La chioma di Berenice Prize

Notable works

  • Archangels Don't Play Pinball
  • Mistero Buffo
  • Accidental Death of an Anarchist
  • Can't Pay? Won't Pay!
  • Trumpets and Raspberries
  • Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman
  • The Pope and the Witch
  • The Two-Headed Anomaly

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Sources

  1. Wikidata Q765 (facts, CC0)
  2. Wikimedia pageviews API (popularity)