Alan Paton (1903–1988)
Autor(a) de Cry, the Beloved Country
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Obras por Alan Paton
Apartheid and the Archbishop: The Life and Times of Geoffrey Clayton, Archbishop of Cape Town (1974) 12 exemplares
Hope for South Africa 5 exemplares
Cry, The Beloved Country (1995) 3 exemplares
South Africa 2 exemplares
Instument of Thy Peace 1 exemplar
Chora, Terra Bem Amada! 1 exemplar
Too Late the Phalaroper 1 exemplar
හඬනු පෙම්බර දේශය 1 exemplar
Apartheid 1 exemplar
Pleurs, Ô pays bien-aimé 1 exemplar
Grat Astkaera Fosturmold 1 exemplar
Eri bay āgare 1 exemplar
Hofmeyr : Abridged Edition 1 exemplar
Quartet: New Voices From South Africa 1 exemplar
Omnibook Magazine 1948 October 1 exemplar
Meditation for a young boy confirmed 1 exemplar
South Africa Today 1 exemplar
Trinity forum reading 1 exemplar
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Paton, Alan Stewart
- Data de nascimento
- 1903-01-11
- Data de falecimento
- 1988-04-12
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- South Africa
- País (no mapa)
- South Africa
- Local de nascimento
- Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
- Local de falecimento
- Durban, South Africa
- Locais de residência
- Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
- Educação
- University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg
- Ocupações
- teacher
principal
novelist
essayist
biographer
autobiographer (mostrar todos 7)
political activist - Relações
- Paton, Jonathan (son)
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Thomas Pringle Award (1973)
Order of Ikhamanga
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Críticas
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Five star books (2)
5 Best 5 Years (1)
Africa (1)
Urban Fiction (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Unread books (1)
Ambleside Books (1)
Sonlight Books (1)
Sense of place (1)
AP Lit (1)
Reading Globally (1)
1940s (1)
Favourite Books (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 48
- Also by
- 17
- Membros
- 11,179
- Popularidade
- #2,110
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 203
- ISBN
- 202
- Línguas
- 12
- Marcado como favorito
- 16
This story was written in 1946 by White South African author Alan Paton, and published in 1948 on the eve of the creation Apartheid in South Africa. It is a classic work of protest literature, focussing on the evils of racism, exploitation and colonialism. Paton later started the Liberal Party in South Africa which opposed apartheid. This book was first published in the US as it was unlikely to be published in South Africa at the time.
The story takes us to the village of Ndotsheni in Natal, where Stephen Kumalo, a Zulu minister, is called to go to Johannesburg to see his sister who is ill. Sadly he finds she has become involved in selling liquor and prostitution. He then seeks to find his son Absalom who he eventually discovers in jail having shot and killed a white man. Despite the heartbreak Kumalo must find a way to go on, to fight for the plight of his people and his village.
The book moves between the gentle conversations of Kumalo and some paragraphs questioning where South Africa is headed and the tyranny of the oppression of black people in mines, in the villages and the squatter camps of the metropolis.
This was a moving story, well-written and impacting. The tone is mildly patronising at points, which doesn’t surprise me given it was written nearly eighty years ago, but Paton takes on the important role of becoming a whistleblower on an international level, revealing what was going on in South Africa. You can sense his passion for the country and the vehemence of his beliefs about the evils of racial segregation and exploitation. This is an important work cutting to the heart of a great tragedy.… (mais)