Athol Fugard Writer

Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (born 11 June 1932) is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director who writes in English. He is best known for his political plays opposing the South African system of apartheid and for the 2005 Academy Award-winning film of his novel Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood. Fugard is an adjunct professor of playwriting, acting and directing in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of California, San Diego. For the academic year 2000–2001, he was the IU Class of 1963 Wells Scholar Professor at Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana. The recipient of many awards, honours, and honorary degrees, including the 2005 Order of Ikhamanga in Silver "for his excellent contribution and achievements in the theatre" from the government of South Africa,he is also an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Fugard Harold Athol Lanigan (birth name)
Birth date	June 11, 1932
Birth name	Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard
Birth place	Middelburg Eastern Cape , South Africa , Middleburg Eastern Cape
Ethnicity	South African English Afrikaner
Citizenship	South Africa
Spouse	Sheila Meiring Fugard