Charles J. Fourie

Charles J. Fourie (born 1965, Potchefstroom)[1] is a South African writer and director working in television, film and theater.[2] Fourie staged his first play as a drama student at the Windybrow Theatre in 1985, and went on to receive the Henk Wybenga bursary as most promising student in the same year. In 2021/22 he received a writing and research fellowship from the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies to develop a new theater format involving artificial intelligence. His latest radio-drama series Alleenmandaat is currently broadcasting on SABC (Radio Sonder Grense). As of April 2022 he will engage a residency fellowship with the Posthuman Art Network and Foreign Objekt to further develop his latest creative project - AI Performance Narratives.

Career

His stories engage socio-political themes in award-winning plays like Big Boys, Vrygrond, Stander, Vrededorp, Kurtz, The Parrot Woman,[3] Goddess of Song, The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife, and more recently his acclaimed play Agterplaas.[1]

Plays and adaptations

During 2006 he also as editor for the British publication New South African Plays published in the UK by Aurora Metro Publishers.[4]

Awards
  • Amstel Playwright of the year – Big Boys 1988
  • Vita Best new play of the year – Big Boys 1989
  • Vita Best production of a new play – Big Boys 1989
  • Amstel Playwright of the year – Vrygrond 1993
  • SACPAC Best new play of the year – Don Gxubane onner die Boere 1994
  • Fleur du Cap Best new play award (Finalist) – Sodom 1998
  • Sanlam/RSG Radio Drama award (Winner) – Praatmaar 2000
  • KKNK/Nagtegaal Best play award – Vrededorp 2005
  • Maskew Miller Longman drama award – The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife 2008
  • KKNK/Nagtegaal Best play award (Finalist) – Agterplaas 2009
  • ATKV Woordveertjie Drama award (Finalist) – Agterplaas 2010
  • Sanlam/RSG Radio Drama award (Finalist) – Offer 2013
  • BBC Radio Drama Commendation- Sacfrice 2013
  • Standardbank Ovation award – Ella's Horses 2014
  • South African Academy of Science and Arts Medal of Honour for Radio Drama – Offer 2014
  • Sanlam/RSG Radio Drama award (Winner) – Vergifnis 2015

Publications
  • Big Boys/More Market Theater Plays – Jonathan Ball Publishers 1993
  • Don Gxubane onner die Boere – New Contrast Publishers 1993
  • Vrygrond e.a. Dramas – Tafelberg Publishers 1994
  • Vonkfiksie – Human & Rousseau Publishers 1999
  • Vrededorp – Genugtig Publishers 2005
  • New South African Plays – Aurora Metro Publishers (UK) 2006
  • 'Kwintet' Ella se Perde – Maskew Miller Longman 2008
  • The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife – Maskew Miller Longman 2008
  • Droomskip e.a. Radio dramas – Nasou-Via Afrika 2009
  • Vrededorp – Protea Boekehuis 2011
  • The Lighthouse keeper's wife – NB Best Books 2015
  • Offer/Sacrifice – NB Best Books 2016

References
  1. "Charles J Fourie". Lit Net. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  2. "Fourie's Mouthpiece for the Curious". Mail & Guardian. 30 September 1994. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  3. "Charles J. Fourie's THE PARROT WOMAN Sees Revival at The Rosebank Theatre, Sept 18–29". Broadway World. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  4. "New South African Plays". Amazon. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
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