Background
Fugard, Athol Harold was born on June 11, 1932 in Middleburg, Republic of South Africa. Son of Harold David and Elizabeth Magdalene (Potgieter) Fugard.
Fugard, Athol Harold was born on June 11, 1932 in Middleburg, Republic of South Africa. Son of Harold David and Elizabeth Magdalene (Potgieter) Fugard.
Student, University Cape Town. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Natal, 1981. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Rhodes, 1983.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, 1990. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Yale University, Johannesburg, 1983. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Georgetown University, Johannesburg, 1984.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Emory University, 1992. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Port-Elizabeth, South Africa, 1993.
The Blood Knot, Hello and Goodbye, People are Living Here, Boesman and Lena 1970, Sizwe Banzi is Dead 1973, The Island 1973, Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act 1974, No Good Friday 1974, Nongogo 1974, Dimetos 1976, The Road to Mecca 1984, My Children, My Africa; The Guest (film script) 1977, A Lesson from Aloes 1979 (author and director Broadway production 1980), Master Harold and the Boys 1981, A Place with the Pigs (acted and dir ); film: Marigolds in August 1981, The Guest 1984; acted in films Gandhi 1982; Honorary D.F.A. (Yale University) 1973, Honorary degree (New York, Pennsylvania, City University of New York). Director Broadway production 1980), Master Harold and the Boys 1981, A Place with the Pigs (acted and dir ). Film: Marigolds in August 1981, The Guest 1984. Acted in films Gandhi 1982.
Honorary D.F.A. (Yale University) 1973, Honorary degree (New York, Pennsylvania, City University of New York).
No Good Friday
The Blood Knot (1961)
Boesman and Lena (1969)
Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act (1972)
Sizwe Bansi Is Dead (1972)
The Island (1973)
A Lesson from Aloes (1978)
Master Harold ... and the Boys (1982)
Nongogo (1959)
People Are Living There (1963)
Hello and Goodbye (1965)
Dimetos (1975)
The Road to Mecca (1984)
Children! My Africa! (1989)
Playland (1993)
Fellow Royal Society Literature (London). Member American Academy Arts and Literature, Dramatists Guild, Mark Twain Society.
Married Sheila Meiring, September 22, 1955. 1 child, Lisa Maria.