Athol Fugard^†

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.

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.

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.

©️ 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.

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.

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.

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.