Definition of Athol Fugard

1. Noun. South African playwright whose plays feature the racial tensions in South Africa during apartheid (born in 1932).

Exact synonyms: Fugard
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright

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Literary usage of Athol Fugard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... to confiscation of passports, which is the plight of the novelist Alan Patón and the playwright Athol Fugard, who recently was denied permission to ..."

2. Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing by Larry Chang (2006)
"Athol Fugard, 1932- ~ in The Observer, 1971 One cannot get through life without pain. What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us. ..."

3. Women Marching Into the 21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo by Human Sciences Research Council (2000)
"She is married to the playwright Athol Fugard. She was born in Birmingham, England, in 1932, to an Irish mother and South African father. ..."

4. Every Step Of The Way: The Journey To Freedom In South Africa by Michael Morris, John Linnegar (2004)
"In a brief foreword, playwright Athol Fugard wonders if there 'has... ever been a society where the dominant political philosophy, aided and abetted by the ..."

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