Nobel laureate

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”

Prize motivation

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

The Swedish Academy awarded Dario Fo the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden.

Sources & data

  • Nobel Prize API (CC0).