Athol Fugard vs Umberto Eco
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Compare the life timelines of Athol Fugard (1932–2025) and Umberto Eco (1932–2016) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 84 years, from 1932 to 2016.
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Athol Fugard (1932–2025)
- — Born in Middelburg, Cape Province, South Africa Verified
- — Studied at the University of Cape Town Verified
- — Married Sheila Meiring Verified
- — Premiered The Blood Knot in Johannesburg Verified
- — Founded the Serpent Players in Port Elizabeth Verified
- — Premiered Boesman and Lena Verified
- — Premiered Sizwe Banzi Is Dead Verified
- — Premiered "Master Harold"...and the Boys at Yale Repertory Theatre Verified
- — Received the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Verified
- — Died in Stellenbosch, South Africa Verified
Umberto Eco (1932–2016)
- — Born in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy Verified
- — Completed a doctoral thesis on Thomas Aquinas at the University of Turin Verified
- — Joined the Italian state broadcaster RAI as a cultural editor Verified
- — Published Opera aperta (The Open Work) Verified
- — Married Renate Ramge Verified
- — Appointed professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna Verified
- — Published his first novel, The Name of the Rose Verified
- — Published Foucault's Pendulum Verified
- — Died in Milan, Italy Verified