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Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard (11 June 1932 – 8 March 2025) was a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director. Widely regarded as South Africa's greatest playwright and acclaimed as "the greatest active playwright in the English-speaking world" by Time magazine in 1985, he published more than thirty plays. He is best known for his political and penetrating plays opposing the system of apartheid, some of which have been adapted to film. His novel Tsotsi was adapted as a film of the same name, which won an Academy Award in 2005. Three plays he wrote, and two plays he co-authored, were nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play.

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Born	Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard 11 June 1932 Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Died	8 March 2025 (aged 92)
Zodiac	Gemini
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