Amstel Playwright of the Year Award
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Edition 14 (1991) Winner
Ian Fraser
イアン・フレイザー
Ian Furēzā
Aliases:
Brent Haupt
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1962-04-18 （South Africa）
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- South Africa → United States
Career
- Occupations
- playwright, writer, comedian, anti-Apartheid activist, artist, anarchist, social agitator, columnist, voice-over artist
- Active Years
- 1985-2024
- Affiliations
- The Star, Mail & Guardian
- Influenced By
- Lenny Bruce, Bill Hicks, Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, Tom Stoppard
- Nominations
- Amstel Playwright of the Year nomination (Charles Manson), Amstel Playwright of the Year nomination (Butterfly Jam), CNA Literary Awards nominee Debut section
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Amstel Playwright of the Year Award | Heart Like a Stomach | — | — | winner |
| 1992 | Tonight AA-Life Vita Award for Comedy | Dogs of the Blue Gods | Comedy | — | winner |
| — | Pick of the Fringe Award | Blitzbreeker and the Chicken from Hell | — | Grahamstown National Arts Festival | winner |
| 2007 | AcidTheatre's Freedom of Speech Monologue Competition | Putting the Fun Back into School Shootings | — | AcidTheatre | winner |
Amstel Playwright of the Year Award
1991
Work:
Heart Like a Stomach
Result:
winner
Tonight AA-Life Vita Award for Comedy
1992
Work:
Dogs of the Blue Gods
Category:
Comedy
Result:
winner
Pick of the Fringe Award
Work:
Blitzbreeker and the Chicken from Hell
Organization:
Grahamstown National Arts Festival
Result:
winner
AcidTheatre's Freedom of Speech Monologue Competition
2007
Work:
Putting the Fun Back into School Shootings
Organization:
AcidTheatre
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Dogs of the Blue Gods
1990 playSatirical play drawing from South African military experiences.
militarysatireapartheid
Heart Like a Stomach
1991 playMy Own Private Orchestra
1994 novelFirst novel based on South African Defence Force experiences.
military lifesatire
Bibliography
- Bring Me Gandhi
- Lenny Bruce Live
- Like the Pyramid on the Camel Packet
- Charles Manson
- Butterfly Jam
- Heart Like a Stomach
- Dogs of the Blue Gods
- Blitzbreeker and the Chicken from Hell
- The Sugar Plum Fairy
- The Gospel According to the Mafia
- The Accidental Antichrist
- Cat and God
- Like Craigslist on a Friday Night
- Putting the Fun Back into School Shootings
- A Dead Soldier in the Family
- The Family Beef
- For the Love of an Infinite Number of Monkeys
- The Rocket's Red Glare
- Die, the Beloved Country
- The Zombies
- My Own Private Orchestra
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- alternating between brutality and delicacyacerbic anti-government satireranting-verse
- Recurring Motifs
- anti-establishmentanti-apartheidpro-democracy
Legacy
South Africa's first street-level comedian and anti-apartheid satirist, now living in the USA and continuing to write provocative works.
Museums
- National English Literary Museum Grahamstown, South Africa Opened in 1962
Archives
- National English Literary Museum (South Africa)
Trivia
- Birth name is Brent Haupt.
- Did not finish high school or receive formal training.
- Conscripted into the South African Defence Force for two years (1981-1982).
- Threatened with treason charges over satirical blog post 'Killing the President', saved by Freedom of Expression Institute.