Lisa Fugard
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Lisa Fugard | |
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| Born | 1961 (age 64–65) Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| Citizenship | South Africa, United States |
| Occupations | Actress, writer |
| Children | 1 |
Lisa Fugard is a South African writer and actor. She was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in 1961, the only child of playwright Athol Fugard and novelist Sheila Meiring Fugard.[1] From 1980 she pursued an acting career in the United States, and in 2006 wrote her debut novel Skinner's Drift.
Career
[edit]Fugard moved to New York City in 1980 to pursue an acting career,[2] and has garnered numerous stage and film roles,[3] including Isabel Dyson in the original production of her father's My Children! My Africa!.[4]
Since 1992, Fugard has written many short stories for literary magazines, and articles for The New York Times travel section.[5] In January 2006, she wrote the novel Skinner's Drift,[6] a story of a daughter's return from the United States to her father's rural Afrikaner community in post-Apartheid South Africa.[7][8] The novel was a finalist for the LA Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction [9] and the runner up for the Dayton Literary Peace prize.[10]
She has one son and currently lives in Encinitas, California.
Talks
[edit]Fugard was a guest speaker at the 2007 Literary Guild of Orange County Festival of Women Authors.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Fugard, Lisa 1961– | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ↑ "BookPage Interview January 2006: Lisa Fugard". www.bookpage.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ↑ "Lisa Fugard | Actress, Additional Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). profiletheatre.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ↑ "The New York Times - Search for Lisa Fugard Travel Articles". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ↑ Fugard, Lisa (2 January 2006). Skinner's Drift: A Novel (1st ed.). Scribner. ISBN 978-0-7432-7333-6.
- ↑ Fugard, Lisa (6 March 2007). Skinner's Drift. ISBN 978-0-7432-7333-6.
- ↑ Fugard, Lisa (7 March 2013). Skinner's Drift. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-0-670-92357-1.
- ↑ "Los Angeles Times Book Prize | First Fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award) | Awards and Honors | LibraryThing". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ↑ "2007 – Dayton Literary Peace Prize". Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ↑ "Literary Women | Festival of Authors | Past Authors". literarywomen.org. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
External links
[edit]- Lisa Fugard Official website
- African odyssey January 2006 BookPage.com Interview by Alden Mudge
- NPR Book review of Skinner's Drift Review by Alan Cheuse
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