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Athol Fugard

Acting

Born June 11, 1932 · Middelburg

Died March 8, 2025

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Biography

Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (June 11, 1932 – March 8, 2025) was a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director. Widely considered South Africa's foremost playwright, he is best remembered for his anti-apartheid plays such as "Master Harold"...and the Boys and Blood Knot.

Awards & recognition

  • Praemium Imperiale · 2014
  • Order of Ikhamanga in Silver · 2005
  • Paul Robeson Award · 1997
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 1986
  • Evelyn F. Burkey Award
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  • star on Playwrights' Sidewalk
  • Tony Award — Best Direction of a Play · 1982 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Direction of a Play · 1975 · nominated

Filmography5 titles

Gandhi

1982as General Jan Christiaan Smuts

The Killing Fields

1984as Dr. Sundesval

Tsotsi

2005Novel

Meetings with Remarkable Men

1979as Professor Skridlov

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

2012as Self