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Athol Fugard (Cyclopedia of World Authors)

Athol Harold Lannigan Fugard (FYEW-gard) was the product of two distinct traditions: the Afrikaner tradition of his mother’s family and the British tradition of his father’s. Born in 1932 in Middelburg, Cape Province, on the Karoo, Fugard was the son of two impoverished squatters. Fugard’s mother gave him encouragement throughout his early periods of rebellion and unrest, which, though painful, were important for his artistic development.

Fugard’s early life was spent primarily in the city of Port Elizabeth. At various times he was a student at Cape Town University,...

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