Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 11. Juni 1932 |
Geburtsort | Middleburg, Cape Province, South Africa |
Todesdatum | Samstag, 08. März 2025 |
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Beschreibung | Athol Fugard, Hon. FRSL, OIS (born 11 June 1932), is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright. He is best known for his political and penetrating plays opposing the system of apartheid and for the 2005 Oscar-winning film of his novel Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood. Fugard was honoured in Cape Town with the opening of the Fugard Theatre in District Six in 2010, and received a Tony Award for lifetime achievement in 2011. |
