https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Dario Fo was one of the leading figures in modern farce and political theatre, whose brilliant satire earned him both a rebuke from the Vatican and the literary world's highest honour. https://www.thelocal.it/20161013/obituary-dario-fo-master-of-satire-an-political-farce Thu, 13 Oct 2016 17:47:21 +0200 obituary-dario-fo-master-of-satire-an-political-farce Italian playwright and actor Dario Fo, who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1997, has died at the age of 90, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20161013/nobel-prize-winning-playwright-political-activist-author-dario-fo-dies-at-90 Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:24:41 +0200 nobel-prize-winning-playwright-political-activist-author-dario-fo-dies-at-90 Italian author Umberto Eco, a philosopher who wrote best-selling novels including "The Name of the Rose", has died at 84, Italian media said on Saturday, quoting his family. https://www.thelocal.it/20160220/umberto-eco-author-of-the-name-of-the-rose-dies Sat, 20 Feb 2016 09:30:51 +0100 umberto-eco-author-of-the-name-of-the-rose-dies Mariuccia Mandelli, a pioneering female fashion designer who created the Italian brand Krizia and was credited with inventing hotpants, has died at the age of 90, associates announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151208/krizia-designer-mandelli-dies-at-90 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 09:42:37 +0100 krizia-designer-mandelli-dies-at-90 Italian knitwear innovator Ottavio "Tai" Missoni, whose distinctive colourful zigzag designs became a global fashion empire, died on Thursday in his home and company headquarters at the age of 92. https://www.thelocal.it/20130509/italian-fashion-legend-missoni-dies-at-92 Thu, 09 May 2013 13:12:00 +0200 italian-fashion-legend-missoni-dies-at-92