Athol Fugard is part of the 2012 And Earlier, 2013 2nd Semester, 2014 2nd Semester, and 2015 2nd Semester cohorts at STIAS.
Projects
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The Karretjie People of the Karoo
This play centres on the harsh and challenging world of the itinerant group of sheep shearers in the Karoo who have now virtually disappeared. -
Dry Remains – The forensic examination of the moral content of a life
After fifty years of writing plays the forthcoming stay at STIAS will be used to make a second attempt at writing a novel. -
Celebrating South African outsider artists: Helen Martins and Nukain Mabusa
In 1972, the British scholar Roger Cardinal coined the term outsider art as an English equivalent of art brut, French artist Jean Dubuffet’s term for artists creating extraordinary work outside the boundaries of mainstream western art.
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Athol Fugard – "Die laaste karretjiegraf"
Renowned playwright Athol Fugard’s first ever play written in Afrikaans Die laaste karretjiegraf [The last Karretjie (donkey cart) grave] will be performed until at the Fugard Theatre until 23 February 2013 as part of the Suidooster Festival.
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Njabulo S. Ndebele's revised edition of "The Cry of Winnie Mandela" launched at STIAS
Athol Fugard, Njabulo Ndebele and Hendrik Geyer (STIAS Director) at the STIAS book launch It was a special occasion for STIAS when the revised edition of The Cry of Winnie Mandela was recently launched here, an event where the author Njabulo S.
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STIAS Fellow Athol Fugard receives prestigious 2014 Praemium Imperiale arts prize
Writer Ivan Vladislavic and playwright Athol Fugard -- Artists in residence at STIAS in 2012 Renowned South African playwright, director and actor, Athol Fugard, has been named the theatre and film laureate for the 2014 Praemium Imperiale arts prize from the Japan Art Association.
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Athol Fugard at the 26th Praemium Imperiale Awards Ceremony
©️ The Japan Art Association / The Sankei Shimbun On Wednesday, October 15th, HIH Prince Hitachi, honorary patron of the Japan Art Association, presented the Praemium Imperiale Awards at a formal ceremony in Tokyo to this years Laureates; internationally renowned artists who have shown extraordinary achievements in the fields of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music, and Theater/Film.
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Ivan Vladislavic Wins Yale University’s Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction
Ivan Vladislavic and Athol Fugard – artists in residence at STIAS in 2012 The South African author Ivan Vladislavic, who spent six months as Artist in Residence at STIAS in 2012-2013, was recently awarded the Yale University’s 2015 Windham-Campbell Prize for fiction.
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“An appointment that can only be kept by words on a page” – Fugard reflects on his writing life
Athol Fugard during his seminar at STIAS Photo: Christoff Pauw At the heart of it all is a face and a human story, never an idea.
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Saying goodbye to a legend
STIAS is deeply saddened to hear of the death of legendary South Africa author, playwright, actor and director Athol Fugard on 8 March 2025 in Stellenbosch.