Lisa fugard biography
- Lisa Fugard was.
- Lisa Fugard is a South African writer and actor.
- Lisa Fugard is a South African writer and actor.
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Lisa Fugard
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Lisa Fugard was born in South Africa, the daughter of acclaimed playwright Athol Fugard. She came to the United States in 1980 to pursue her acting career. She has written many articles for The New York Times travel section and this is her first novel. She lives in the desert of Southern California.
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Series
Books:
Skinner's Drift, January 2006Hardcover
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Lisa Fugard
South African writer and actor
Lisa Fugard | |
|---|---|
| Born | Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, writer |
| Children | 1 |
Lisa Fugard is a South African writer and actor. She was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, the only child of playwright Athol Fugard and novelist Sheila Meiring Fugard.
Career
Fugard moved to New York City in 1980 to pursue an acting career, and has garnered numerous stage and film roles, including Isabel Dyson in the original production of her father's My Children! My Africa!
Since 1992, Fugard has written many short stories for literary magazines, and articles for The New York Times travel section. In January 2006, she wrote the novel Skinner's Drift, ISBN 978-0-7432-7299-5, about turmoil on a South African farm in 1997. The novel was a finalist for the LA Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the runner up for the Dayton Literary Peace prize.
She has one son and currently lives in Encinitas, California.
Talks
Fugard was a guest speaker at the 2007 Literary Guild of Orange
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BIO
Lisa Fugard was born in South Africa and came to the United States in 1980. After working in theater, performing in New York, London, and South Africa, she turned her attention to writing. Her short stories have been published in Story, Outside, and numerous literary magazines. Her many travel articles, essays, and book reviews have appeared in the New York Times.
Her first novel, Skinner’s Drift, a powerful story of family secrets set in the harshly beautiful landscape of rural South Africa, was named a notable book of 2006 by the New York Times. Skinner’s Drift was also a finalist for the Los Angeles Times’ Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the runner-up for the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
She lives in Southern California where she runs a series of weekly workshops in Encinitas and is currently at work on her second novel.