Italian - Playwright | March 24, 1926 - October 13, 2016
I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited are the big shots who go around making wars in which we are the ones who get slaughtered. I reveal them for what they are. I pull out the plug, and... pssss... they deflate.
Dario Fo
PowerI AmFunLaughYouGo
It's not bad at all, getting a Nobel and making so many old fossils explode with rage.
BadOldRageFossilsMakingMany
Laughter does not please the mighty.
LaughterMightyPleaseDoes
My theater has always been a political battle on the stage.
BattlePoliticalAlwaysStageBeen
I'm not afraid of death, but I'm not courting it, either. If you have lived well, it is the fair conclusion to life.
LifeDeathYouFairAfraidLived
I'm an idiot who won the Literature Nobel Prize.
LiteratureIdiotPrizeWhoWon
Life has always treated me well. I therefore won't mind leaving it behind.
LifeMindMeLeavingAlwaysWell
At the root of everything I write is tragedy.
TragedyWriteEverythingRoot
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