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Athol Fugard OIS HonFRSL (born 11 June 1932) is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright. [1] He is best known for his political and penetrating plays opposing the system of apartheid.
- Drama, novel, memoir
- University of Cape Town (dropped out)
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Autore in lingua inglese, è conosciuto soprattutto per le sue opere teatrali contro il regime sudafricano dell' Apartheid e per il film del 2005 Tsotsi, tratto dal suo omonimo romanzo e vincitore dell' Oscar come miglior film straniero l'anno successivo.
Athol Fugard (born June 11, 1932, Middelburg, South Africa) is a South African dramatist, actor, and director who became internationally known for his penetrating and pessimistic analyses of South African society during the apartheid period.
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Drammaturgo e regista sudafricano di lingua inglese (n. Middelburg, Prov. del Capo, 1932). Ha rappresentato la condizione divisa del suo paese mettendo a confronto sulla scena il personaggio nero e quello bianco ( The blood knot, 1961; Hello and goodbye, 1965; Boesman and Lena, 1969), via via perfezionando una scrittura teatrale innovativa.
16 lug 2021 · Hailed as "the greatest active playwright in the English-speaking world," South Africa's Athol Fugard has won international praise for creating theater of "power, glory, and majestic language." In more than 20 plays, written over six decades, he has chronicled the struggles of men and women of all races for dignity and human fulfillment.
Harold Athol Fugard | South African History Online. Synopsis: South African playwright, actor, and novelist world famous for his cutting portrayal of apartheid. First Name: Harold. Middle Name: Athol. Last Name: Fugard. Date of Birth: 11-June-1932. Middleburg, South Africa.
South Africa’s most acclaimed playwright. Athol Fugard was born in 1932 in Middelburg in the Karoo. An internationally acclaimed playwright, director and occasional actor. For over half a century he has written almost forty soul-searing plays with roles for all South Africans which have moved audiences in South Africa and around the world to ...
