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Paton, Alan Stewart
Paton, Alan Stewart (1903–88) South African novelist and reformer. Strongly opposed to
apartheid, he helped to found the South African Liberal Party, of which he was president (1958–68). His two best-known novels,
Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) and
Too Late the Phalarope (1953), raised awareness of injustices in South African society.
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Alan Paton's unpublished fiction (1922-1934): an initial appraisal/Alan Paton se ongepubliseerde flksie (1922-1934): 'n eerste evaluering.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Abstract Alan Paton's unpublished fiction (1922-1934...selected issues in the early fiction of Alan Paton, which is in manuscript form: three...different in nature. Key concepts: Alan Paton identity manuscripts politics religion...
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Alan Paton's Lament for a Divided Country
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/11/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...JOURNEY CONTINUED An Autobiography By Alan Paton Scribners. 308 pp. $22.50 NEAR...Towards the Mountain (1980), Alan Paton described leaving South Africa in...difficult to be critical of a person like Alan Paton. For many years, he played a major...
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Alan Paton's tragic liberalism. (novelist)
Magazine article from: American Scholar; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...English had "made a new beginning with Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country, and...and Gordimer went on to say that Paton's "was a book of lyrical beauty...time of the novel's publication, Alan Paton (pronounced with a long a) was...
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S. African Author Alan Paton Dies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/12/1988; ; 700+ words
; Alan Paton, South Africa's best-known author...lead to the destruction of the country. Paton's political commentaries were characteristic...Pietermaritzburg, in Natal Province, Alan Stewart Paton studied at Pietermaritzburg College and...
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ALAN PATON, NOVELIST WHO DEPICTED APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA; AT 85
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/13/1988; ; 700+ words
; JOHANNESBURG - Alan Paton, whose novel "Cry, The Beloved Country...commentator, politician and public speaker. "Paton was the champion of South Africa's...President P.W. Botha said of Mr. Paton: "Although he was a noted critic of...
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Anti-crime e-mail irks Alan Paton's widow.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Tribune (South Africa); 8/26/2007; 700+ words
; ...BYLINE: NOMFUNDO MCETYWA THE widow of Alan Paton, famed author of Cry the Beloved...crime levels in South Africa. Anne Paton, 81, said she was shocked to hear...strong racial tones. In the letter, Paton said she was leaving South Africa...
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Alan Paton: A Biography.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 3/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...without reference to the life of Alan Paton (1903-88). Indeed, that life...about the release from prison of Paton's friend Nelson Mandela and his...South Africa's liberal tradition as Alan Paton embodied and inspired it through...
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Alan Paton, RIP. (obituary)
Magazine article from: National Review; 5/13/1988; ; 668 words
; Alan Paton, RIP 'IN 1948 A BOOK was published with...in May 1977, I began my introduction of Alan Paton, on Firing Line. It struck me, after...the pressures of a noncomplaint world. Alan Paton stayed active in politics, as head of...
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Alan Paton, South Africa author, foe of apartheid
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/12/1988; 631 words
; ...JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) Alan Paton, South Africa's best-known author...his wife said. He was 85. Mr. Paton died at his estate outside Durban...Augustine's Hospital in Durban. Mr. Paton was released Monday to spend his final...
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ALAN PATON, S. AFRICAN AUTHOR; AT 85
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/12/1988; ; 572 words
; JOHANNESBURG - Alan Paton, South Africa's best-known author...Augustine's Hospital in Durban. Paton was released from the hospital yesterday...final days at home, his wife said. Alan Paton's first novel, "Cry, the Beloved...
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Alan Stewart Paton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Alan Stewart Paton Alan Stewart Paton (1903-1988) was a South African writer and liberal...Creative Suffering: The Ripple of Hope (1970), Knocking on the Door: Alan Paton/Shorter Writings (1975), and Towards the Mountain: An Autobiography...
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Alan Paton
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Alan Paton , 1903-88, South African novelist. A devoted leader in the struggle to...Association of South Africa, which later emerged as a political party. Paton's fiction, written with simplicity and compassion, reflects the deep...
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Paton, Alan Stewart
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Paton, Alan Stewart (1903–88) South African novelist and reformer. Strongly opposed to apartheid , he helped to found the South...
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Paton, Alan
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Paton, Alan (1903–88), see Cry, the Beloved Country .
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Cry, the Beloved Country
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Cry, the Beloved Country, a novel by Alan Paton, published 1948. Paton (1903–88) was educated at the University of Natal, and was National President of the South African Liberal Party until it was declared illegal in 1968. The...
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