S. African playwright gets Japan's 2014 global arts award

S. African playwright gets Japan's 2014 global arts award

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hitachi (L), younger brother of Emperor Akihito, confers a medal on South African playwright Athol Fugard for the theater/film category of this year's Praemium Imperiale global arts prize awarded by the Japan Art Association in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014. (Pool photo)

Praemium Imperiale award winners

Praemium Imperiale award winners

TOKYO, Japan - Athol Fugard, Arvo Part, Steven Holl, Giuseppe Penone, and Martial Raysse (From L) line up for photos in Tokyo on October 14, 2014, after receiving the awards of the Praemium Imperiale, global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu awarded annually by the Japan Art Association.

Praemium Imperiale award winner Fugard

Praemium Imperiale award winner Fugard

TOKYO, Japan - Athol Fugard, a Praemium Imperiale award winner in the theatre and film field, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2014. The South African playwright is the first winner from Africa of the global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu awarded annually by the Japan Art Association.

MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN

MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN

MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN ATHOL FUGARD as Skridlov Date: 1979

MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN

MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN

MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN DRAGAN MAKSIMOVIC as G.I. Gurdjieff, ATHOL FUGARD as Skridlov, GERRY SUNDQUIST as Karpenko, NATASHA PARRY as Vitvitskaia Date: 1979

S. African playwright gets Japan's 2014 global arts award

S. African playwright gets Japan's 2014 global arts award

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hitachi (L), younger brother of Emperor Akihito, confers a medal on South African playwright Athol Fugard for the theater/film category of this year's Praemium Imperiale global arts prize awarded by the Japan Art Association in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

Praemium Imperiale award winners

Praemium Imperiale award winners

TOKYO, Japan - Athol Fugard, Arvo Part, Steven Holl, Giuseppe Penone, and Martial Raysse (From L) line up for photos in Tokyo on October 14, 2014, after receiving the awards of the Praemium Imperiale, global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu awarded annually by the Japan Art Association. (Kyodo)