Lisa Fugard

Lisa Fugard
Born1961
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
CitizenshipSouth Africa, United States
Occupation(s)Actress, writer
Children1

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

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!.[2]

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, a story of a daughter's return from the United States to her father's rural Afrikaner community in post-Apartheid South Africa.[3] 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 County Festival of Women Authors.

References

  1. ^ "Fugard, Lisa 1961– | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Lisa Fugard". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  3. ^ Fugard, Lisa (7 March 2013). Skinner's Drift. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-0-670-92357-1.


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