birth_place citizenship nationality ethnicity notableworks name birth_date period spouse genre article_title education birth_name occupation
middelburg , eastern cape , south africa south african and american south african afrikaner and irish '' '' '' blood knot '' `` master harold '' ... and the boys athol fugard 11 june 1932 1956 -- present sheila fugard -lrb- 1956 , separated -rrb- drama , novel , memoir athol fugard
 uct -lrb- dropped out -rrb- harold athol lannigan fugard playwright , novelist , actor , director , teacher
athol fugard

harold athol lanigan fugard -lrb- born 11 june 1932 -rrb- is a south african playwright , novelist , actor , and director who writes in english .
he is best known for his political plays opposing the system of apartheid and for the 2005 academy award-winning film of his novel `` tsotsi '' , directed by gavin hood .
fugard is an adjunct professor of playwriting , acting and directing in the department of theatre and dance at the university of california , san diego .
for the academic year 2000 -- 2001 , he was the iu class of 1963 wells scholar professor at indiana university , in bloomington , indiana .
the recipient of many awards , honours , and honorary degrees , including the 2005 order of ikhamanga in silver `` for his excellent contribution and achievements in the theatre '' from the government of south africa .
he is also an honorary fellow of the royal society of literature .
