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Athol Fugard

Born

in Middleburg, Cape province, South Africa

June 11, 1932

Genre

Playwright

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Works, including Master Harold ... and the Boys (1982), of South African playwright and director Athol Fugard explore racial tension and inequality especially during apartheid.

Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard, better known as Athol Fugard, acted. Sheila Fugard, his wife, and Lisa Fugard, their daughter, also follow.

An Afrikaner mother bore Athol Fugard to a Roman Catholic father of Irish extraction. He considers an Afrikaner but in English reaches a larger audience. After his birth, his family quickly moved to Port Elizabeth. In 1938, the Marist brothers college, a Roman Catholic primary school, enrolled him. Awarded a scholarship, he afterward enrolled at the local technical college for his secondary education. He then enrolled in the Un ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 12,506 ratings · 877 reviews · 134 distinct works • Similar authors

	Master Harold...and the boys 3.78 avg rating — 6,405 ratings — published 1982 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tsotsi 3.59 avg rating — 2,006 ratings — published 1979 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Children! My Africa! 3.86 avg rating — 702 ratings — published 1990 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Road to Mecca 3.87 avg rating — 609 ratings — published 1985 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Island by Athol Fugard, John Kani, Winston Ntshona 3.78 avg rating — 583 ratings — published 1973	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sizwe Bansi Is Dead & The Island by Athol Fugard, John Kani, Winston Ntshona 3.82 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 1976	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Statements by Athol Fugard, John Kani, Winston Ntshona 3.84 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 1974 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Township Plays 3.81 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boesman and Lena 3.55 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Knot and Other Plays 3.80 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined. Just when things are going all right, without fail someone or something will come along and spoil everything. Somebody should write that down as a fundamental law of the Universe. The principle of perpetual disappointment. If there is a God who created this world, he should scrap it and try again.”
― Athol Fugard, Master Harold...and the boys

tags: disappointment, god, law, laws-of-the-universe, life, life-lesson, people, people-suck, religion, universe

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“To know nothing about yourself is to be constantly in danger of nothingness, those voids of non-being over which a man walks the tightrope of his life.”
― Athol Fugard, Tsotsi

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“Love is the only energy I’ve ever used as a writer. I’ve never written out of anger, although anger has informed love.”
― Athol Fugard

tags: anger, inspiration, love, writing

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