This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. As a playwright, actor and director, Athol Fugard defied South Africa's apartheid system, and the government punished him for it. He died Saturday at the age of 92.

Fugard, who died March 8, was a white South African whose plays explored the consequences of Apartheid. He was later awarded a Tony Award for lifetime achievement. Originally broadcast in 1986 ...

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In the annals of South Africa's tumultuous history, few figures stand as tall as Athol Fugard—a playwright whose work transcended the segregated society of apartheid and contributed to the ...

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While generally true, the precept doesn’t hold in the case of playwright Athol Fugard, whose body of work helped transform the history of his nation. Born in Middelburg, South Africa ...

I was shocked to learn that the famous South African writer Athol Fugard had passed away. I had known his age to be 92 but somehow I never expected him to die. He was always a survivor.

Tributes continue to pour in following the passing of South African literary giant, Athol Fugard. The 92-year-old passed after battling a long illness. Lauded as the greatest active playwright in ...

The South African playwright and actor Athol Fugard, who died on March 8 at age 92, is the extraordinarily rare artist for whom one could make such lofty assertions. Mr. Fugard wrote more than 30 ...

Athol Fugard, the South African playwright and director whose searing dramas confronted the brutal realities of apartheid and found a lasting home on the New York stage, died on March 8.

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