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Dario Fo

1926 - 2016

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Dario Luigi Angelo Fo (Italian: [ˈdaːrjo ˈfɔ]; 24 March 1926 – 13 October 2016) was an Italian playwright, actor, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, 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, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, India, Iran, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Yugoslavia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dario Fo is the 253rd most popular writer (down from 227th in 2019), the 370th most popular biography from Italy (down from 313th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Italian Writer.

Dario Fo is most famous for his work as a playwright, actor, and director. He's best known for his plays "Accidental Death of an Anarchist" and "Can't Pay? Won't Pay!"

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dario Fo ranks 253 out of 7,302. Before him are C. S. Lewis, Mansur Al-Hallaj, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Osamu Dazai, Grazia Deledda, and Henrik Pontoppidan. After him are Johanna Spyri, Joseph Heller, Nikos Kazantzakis, Jaroslav Hašek, J. K. Rowling, and Alcaeus of Mytilene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Dario Fo ranks 11. Before him are Alfredo Di Stéfano, Ingvar Kamprad, Jiang Zemin, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Leslie Nielsen, and Thích Nhất Hạnh. After him are Ben Roy Mottelson, Vasily Arkhipov, Donald A. Glaser, Klaus Kinski, René Goscinny, and Sathya Sai Baba. Among people deceased in 2016, Dario Fo ranks 16. Before him are Leonard Cohen, Debbie Reynolds, Alan Rickman, Zaha Hadid, Imre Kertész, and Islam Karimov. After him are Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Cesare Maldini, Pierre Boulez, George Michael, Nancy Reagan, and Andrzej Wajda.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Dario Fo ranks 370 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Symmachus (460), Dino Zoff (1942), Michelangelo Antonioni (1912), Grazia Deledda (1871), Riccardo Muti (1941), and Gianni Versace (1946). After him are Giambattista Vico (1668), Tommaso Campanella (1568), Herod Agrippa II (28), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Pope John XI (910), and Primo Levi (1919).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Dario Fo ranks 20. Before him are Catullus (-84), Carlo Goldoni (1707), Torquato Tasso (1544), Pliny the Younger (61), Juvenal (50), and Grazia Deledda (1871). After him are Primo Levi (1919), Sallust (-86), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Luigi Pirandello (1867), and Alberto Moravia (1907).

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