Dario Fo

Nobel Prize in Literature 1997

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

Dario Fo was an Italian playwright, actor, and theatre director. He won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature for works that emulate the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden.