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| has gloss | (noun) South African playwright whose plays feature the racial tensions in South Africa during apartheid (born in 1932) Athol Fugard, Fugard |
| has gloss | eng: Athol Fugard (born 11 June 1932) is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director who writes in , best known for his political plays opposing the South African system of apartheid and for the 2005 Academy-Award winning film of his novel Tsotsi, directed by Gavin Hood. He is an adjunct professor of playwriting, acting, and directing in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of California, San Diego. For 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, honors, 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. |
| lexicalization | eng: Athol Fugard |
| lexicalization | eng: Fugard |
| instance of | (noun) someone who writes plays dramatist, playwright |
| instance of | (noun) a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" individual, mortal, someone, soul, person, somebody |
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| Afrikaans | |
| has gloss | afr: Athol Fugard (11 Junie 1932) is n Suid-Afrikaanse dramaturg, akteur en regisseur en het internasionale erkenning ontvang as een van die voortreflikste figure op die gebied van Suid-Afrikaanse Engelse drama gedurende die laaste dertig jaar van die twintigste eeu. Sy toneelstukke is op verhoë dwarsoor die wêreld aangebied en sluit die volgende in: *Die kragtige Boesman en Lena (1969), wat Clive Barnes van die New York Times in 1970 genoop het om te skryf: "die afgelope jare het daar niks wat beter is as mnr. Fugard se skryfwerk uit Suid-Afrika gekom nie"; *Hello and goodbye (1965); *Sizwe Banzi is dead (1973); *A lesson from aloes (1979) en *Master Harold and the Boys (1982). Fugard was n onvermoeide kritikus teen die apartheidsbewind en sy toneelstukke het skerp, maar sarkastiese, kommentaar gelewer oor die leed wat apartheidswetgewing meegebring het. Fugard is "Suid-Afrika se teaterstem of gewete tydens apartheid" genoem. |
| lexicalization | afr: Athol Fugard |
| Welsh | |
| has gloss | cym: Dramodydd o Dde Affrica, nofelydd, actor, a chyfarwyddwr yw Athol Fugard (ganwyd 11 Mehefin 1932). Maen ysgrifennu yn Saesneg yn arbennig ar thema apartheid a daeth yn fyd-enwog am ennill Gwobr yr Academi 2005 am y ffilm oi nofel Tsotsi. Ar hyn o bryn mae'n athro drama yng Nghaliffornia. |
| lexicalization | cym: Athol Fugard |
| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard (* 11. Juni 1932 in Middelburg/Great Karoo in Südafrika) ist ein südafrikanischer Schriftsteller. |
| lexicalization | deu: Athol Fugard |
| Galician | |
| has gloss | glg: Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard, nado en Middleburg en 1932, é un dramaturgo sudafricano. |
| lexicalization | glg: Athol Fugard |
| Dutch | |
| has gloss | nld: Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard (1932-) is geboren in Middelburg, Kaapprovincie. |
| lexicalization | nld: Athol Fugard |
| Swedish | |
| has gloss | swe: Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard är en sydafrikansk pjäsförfattare som föddes i Middelburg den 11 juni 1932. Fugard skriver huvudsakligen på engelska. |
| lexicalization | swe: Athol Fugard |
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