Dario Fo, the Italian playwright/actor/painter/political rabble-rouser who won the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature, passed away today at the age of 90.
Italian media are filing their remembrances of Fo today. This one, of how he found out how he won the Nobel, is surreal.
Fo and TV show host Ambra Angiolini were filming a show for RAI 3 called Roma/Milano, which paired famous people together for a drive from Milan to Rome. While driving along the autostrada, a car pullsย up next to Angiolini and Foย with a sign that reads, โHai vinto il Nobel.โ
Fo sees the sign and then realizes what has happened, โNon ne parlavo per scaramanzia.โ (โI didnโt talk about it because I didnโt want to jinx it.โ)
Dario Fo is best known for his works Mistero Buffo, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, and We Wonโt Pay! We Wonโt Pay!
But one of my favorite Fo works is this simple quote that is attributed to him:
โKnow how to live the time that is given you.โ
Last updated on October 14th, 2022Post first published on October 13, 2016