Alan Paton (1903–1988)
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Political activist Alan Steward Paton was born on January 11, 1903 in Natal, South Africa. He attended Maritzburg College and Natal University. He taught at Ixopo High School and Maritzburg College. In 1935, he was appointed principal of Diepkloof Reformatory for African Boys in Johannesburg and näytä lisää became interested in race relations. Although he intended to become a full-time writer after the publication of his first book, he instead became involved in politics. He was a member of the Liberal Party of South Africa, serving as vice-president, chairman, and president before the party was forced to disband in 1968 because of its anti-apartheid views. Paton is best known for his political activism and his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country. He also wrote a second novel, Too Late the Phalarope, and two autobiographies, Toward the Mountains and Journey Continued. He died on April 12, 1988 in Lintrose, Botha's Hill, Natal. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
Tekijän teokset
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 1 edition (Textbook ONLY, Paperback ) (1940) 29 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
Apartheid and the Archbishop: The Life and Times of Geoffrey Clayton, Archbishop of Cape Town (1974) 13 kappaletta
Hope for South Africa 5 kappaletta
Cry, The Beloved Country (1995) 3 kappaletta
South Africa 2 kappaletta
හඬනු පෙම්බර දේශය 1 kappale
Instument of Thy Peace 1 kappale
Pleurs, Ô pays bien-aimé 1 kappale
Too Late the Phalaroper 1 kappale
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 1948 HC 1st Edition, Scribner Library [Hardcover] Alan Paton 1 kappale
Apartheid 1 kappale
Eri bay āgare 1 kappale
Chora, Terra Bem Amada! 1 kappale
Hofmeyr : Abridged Edition 1 kappale
Grat Astkaera Fosturmold 1 kappale
Quartet: New Voices From South Africa 1 kappale
Omnibook Magazine 1948 October 1 kappale
Meditation for a young boy confirmed 1 kappale
South Africa Today 1 kappale
Trinity forum reading 1 kappale
TIERRA MÁRTIR 1 kappale
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On the Firing Line: The Public Life of Our Public Figures (1989) — Avustaja — 113 kappaletta, 1 arvostelu
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- Virallinen nimi
- Paton, Alan Stewart
- Syntymäaika
- 1903-01-11
- Kuolinaika
- 1988-04-12
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- South Africa
- Maa (karttaa varten)
- South Africa
- Syntymäpaikka
- Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
- Kuolinpaikka
- Durban, South Africa
- Asuinpaikat
- Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
- Koulutus
- University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
- Ammatit
- teacher
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essayist
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political activist - Suhteet
- Paton, Jonathan (son)
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Thomas Pringle Award (1973)
Order of Ikhamanga
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