This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. As a playwright, actor and director, Athol Fugard defied South Africa's apartheid system, and the government punished him for it. He died Saturday at the age of 92.

Fugard, who died March 8, was a white South African whose plays explored the consequences of Apartheid. He was later awarded a Tony Award for lifetime achievement. Originally broadcast in 1986 ...

Athol Fugard, the apartheid-defying dramatist widely acclaimed as one of South Africa’s greatest playwrights, has died aged 92, BBC News reported. The son of an Afrikaner mother, he was best known for ...

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In the annals of South Africa's tumultuous history, few figures stand as tall as Athol Fugard—a playwright whose work transcended the segregated society of apartheid and contributed to the ...

While generally true, the precept doesn’t hold in the case of playwright Athol Fugard, whose body of work helped transform the history of his nation. Born in Middelburg, South Africa ...

I was shocked to learn that the famous South African writer Athol Fugard had passed away. I had known his age to be 92 but somehow I never expected him to die. He was always a survivor.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist, who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “’Master Harold ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and ”’Master Harold ...

Tributes continue to pour in following the passing of South African literary giant, Athol Fugard. The 92-year-old passed after battling a long illness. Lauded as the greatest active playwright in ...

FILE - Actress Amy Irving sits with actor-director-playwright Athol Fugard during rehearsals of the play "The Road to Mecca" on Feb. 29, 1988 in New York. (AP Photo/Mario Cabrera, File) CAPE TOWN, ...