Italian playwright Dario Fo passes away

Q.  Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature. Which Italian playwright won the Nobel prize for literature in 1997 and passed away in Oct 2016?
- Published on 17 Oct 16

a. Guiseppe Bartoli
b. Dario Fo
c. Dario Bartoli
d. Guiseppe Fo

ANSWER: Dario Fo
 
Italian playwright Dario Fo passes awayItalian playwright and actor Dario Fo who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997, passed away at the age of 90
  • Fo was one of the leading figures in the 20th century political and theatrical movement best known for his works Accidental Death of an Anarchist and Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay.
  • The Nobel prize honoured him for his ironical humour and satire which highlighted important issues
  • Fo began his career in the 1950s and went on to write 80 plays
  • He was best known for his one-man show Mistero Buffo
  • He was also a theatre directory who worked on several movie and TV productions

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