Dario Fo Age, Wife, Biography & More
Bio |
Real Name | Dario Fo |
Nickname | Not Known |
Profession | Playwright and Actor |
Genre | Drama |
Awards/Achievements | In 1997, won Nobel Prize in Literature. |
Physical Stats & More |
Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 178 cm
in meters- 1.78 m
in Feet Inches- 5’ 10” |
Weight (approx.) | in Kilograms- 78 kg
in Pounds- 172 lbs |
Eye Colour | Blue |
Hair Colour | White |
Personal Life |
Date of Birth | 24 March 1926 |
Place of Birth | Leggiuno Sangiano, Varese, Kingdom of Italy |
Date of Death | 13 October 2016 |
Place of Death | Milan, Italy |
Age (as on 13 October 2016) | 90 Years |
Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Pisces |
Nationality | Italian |
Hometown | Varese, Lombardy region of Italy |
School | Not Known |
College/University | Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (Brera Academy), Milan, Italy
Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy |
Educational Qualifications | Degree in Architectural Studies |
Family | Father- Felice Fo
Mother- Pina Rota Fo
Brother- Fulvio Fo
Sister- Bianca Fo Garambois |
Religion | Atheist |
Ethnicity | White Italian |
Hobbies | Painting, Reading, Writing, Listening to music |
Controversies | His work- Mistero Buffo stirred a controversy in 1969 in which he improvised the Christian gospels and was banned for 14 years by the Italian State for the same. |
Girls, Affairs and More |
Marital Status | Married |
Marriage Date | 24 June 1954 |
Affairs/Girlfriends | Not Known |
Wife | Franca Rame (Italian Theater Actress & Playwright)
 |
Children | Son- Jacopo Fo (Italian writer-actor and director)

Daughter- N/A |

Some Lesser Known Facts About Dario Fo
- Does Dario Fo smoke?: Not Known
- Does Dario Fo drink alcohol?: Not Known
- He was born to Felice Fo and Pina Rota Fo in Lombardy’s Province of Varese, Italy.
- His father was a station master for the Italian State Railway.
- His mother was also a writer.
- His sister, Bianca Fo Garambois, was a writer and his younger brother, Fulvio Fo, became a theater administrator.
- His family had to frequently move along with Swiss-border as his father’s post was transferred frequently.
- He learned about storytelling from his grandmother, glassblowers and Lombard fishers.
- He moved to Milan in 1940 to study at the Brera Academy.
- During the World War II, he joined Mussolini’s Fascist Army- Repubblica Sociale Italiana to help his father to smuggle Allied soldiers, refugees and Jewish Scientists in disguise.
- After the end of the Second World War, he returned to Milan to further his studies in architecture at the Brera Academy.
- He had to abandon a thesis on Roman Architecture after the Second World War.
- In an interview, he revealed that his artistic influences include- Anton Chekhov, G B Shaw, De Filippo, Brecht, Beolco, Strehler, Mayakovosky, Gramsci and Molière.
- He had been hailed worldwide by the critics for his acting abilities, leftist ideologies and satirical works.
- He was an unexpected winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature.

- Most of his plays has been translated into more than 30 different languages worldwide.
- On 13 October 2016, he died of chronic respiratory disease in Milan, Italy.
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