Athol Fugard, the South African playwright of works including 'The Road to Mecca,' and 'Boesman and Lena' died on Saturday. He was 92.

Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The Blood Knot” and “'Master Harold’... and the Boys,” has died.

Athol Fugard, South Africa's foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as 'The Blood Knot' and "'Master Harold" … and the Boys.'

He was 92. The South African government confirmed Fugard’s death and said South Africa “has lost one of its greatest literary and theatrical icons, whose work shaped the cultural and social landscape of our nation.