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	Alan Paton
		Alan Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, in the east of South Africa, the son of James Paton, a civil servant, and Eunice Warder Paton.
		In the mid-1940s Paton went on a tour of prisons and reformatories in Sweden, Norway, and in North America.
		Paton's novel was inflenced by Laurens van der Post's less commercially successful In a Province (1934), but its story of a young man corrupted by a big city has been told by a number of writers all over the world.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /apaton.htm (1270 words)

	GradeSaver: ClassicNote: Biography of Alan Paton
		Alan Paton was born on January 11, 1903 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
		Paton wrote Cry, the Beloved Country, which was published in February of 1948, during a time in which he studied penal institutions in Europe, the United States and Canada.
		Paton continued to write throughout his life, publishing a third novel, Ah, but Your Land is Beautiful, in 1981 and two of a projected three volumes of his autobiography in 1980 and, posthumously, in 1988.
	www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/authors/about_alan_paton.html (510 words)

	ReadingGroupGuides.com - Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alan Paton, a native son of South Africa, was born in Pietermaritzburg, in the province of Natal, in 1903.
		Paton was a great admirer of Hofmeyr, a man who dared to tell his fellow Afrikaners that they must give up "thinking with the blood," and "maintain the essential value of human personality as something independent of race or color." Paton wrote to Hofmeyr and asked him for a job.
		Alan Paton died in 1988 in South Africa.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides3/cry_beloved_country2.asp (403 words)

	Alan Paton
		Alan Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, in the east of South Africa.
		Paton's next international success was TOO LATE THE PHALAROPE (1953), which explored the tragedy of Afrikaner racial and political inflexibility with a sense of Greek tragedy.
		Paton's passport was confiscated on his return from New York in 1960, where he had been presented with the annual Freedom Award.
	www.geocities.com /pcai_now/paton.html (634 words)

	Alan Paton - Picture - ninemsn Encarta
		With his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), South African author and social reformer Alan Paton helped bring international attention to the segregationist system of apartheid in South Africa.
		As a founder and president of the Liberal party of South Africa, Paton presented alternatives to racial segregation from the party’s formation in 1953 until its forced dissolution in 1968.
		Paton continued to write and work for reforms until his death in 1988.
	au.encarta.msn.com /media_461526888/Alan_Paton.html (73 words)

	Biography of Alan Paton
		Alan Paton loved the simple beauty of Pietermaritzburg, the rural town in the region of Natal, where he was born.
		Alan was clever and astute and became an excellent student, entering high school a full two years early.
		Paton was determined, through whatever means necessary, to educate them, change their circumstances and reform the system that oppressed them.
	www.oprah.com /obc_classic/featbook/ctbc/author/ctbc_author_bio.jhtml (666 words)

	Alan Paton Biography and Bibliography at LitWeb.net
		In 1947 Paton went on a tour of reformatories in Britain, the Continent and in North America.
		Paton's next international success was TOO LATE THE PHALAROPE (1953), which informed the tragedy of Afrikaner racial and political inflexibility with a sense of Greek tragedy.
		In the early 1950s Paton began to devote himself fully to the newly formed Liberal Party, which was disbanded in May 1968.Eight years earlier Paton's passport was confiscated on his return from New York, where he had been presented with the annual Freedom Award.
	www.litweb.net /biography/142/terms_of_use.html (767 words)

	Paton
		Alan Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in Natal in 1903.
		His disciplinary practices led Alan Paton to despise and openly oppose all forms of authoritarianism.
		In 1953, Paton formed the South African Liberal Party, which was disbanded in 1968, when interracial parties were deemed illegal in South Africa.
	web.uflib.ufl.edu /cm/africana/paton.htm (376 words)

	Alan Paton : Cry, The Beloved Country : Book Review
		Paton is not interested in drama for the sake of entertainment or a good story; he seeks to represent the drama of life itself, of love and hate, of fear and greed, and of the power of forgiveness.
		As heartachingly beautiful as the continent of Africa itself, Alan Paton's poetic prose evokes the majestic cadence of the King James Bible.
		Alan Paton was born in Natal, in the east of South Africa in 1903.
	mostlyfiction.com /world/paton.htm (967 words)

	Amazon.ca: Reviews for Cry, the Beloved Country: Books: Alan Paton (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alan Paton certainly had his heart in the right place but couldn't disguise his paternalistic feelings of the plight of the native South African, bringing down what was otherwise a good novel.
		While Paton struggled admirably to get into the mind of Stephen Kumalo, the berieved father of the son who was an accomplice in the murder of Jarvis, Kumalo is forced to turn to a benevolent white lawyer to represent his son in court.
		Paton's attempt at creativity with his use of dashes to begin dialogue was distracting at its best points.
	www.amazon.ca /Cry-Beloved-Country-Alan-Paton/dp/customer-reviews/0684174731 (1609 words)

	The Symbolism of Land in Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country - Associated Content
		In Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country, the importance of maintaining tradition is conveyed through using land to symbolize tradition.
		Paton describes the land as sacred, as something to live upon and tend to with the faith that it will always support its residents.
		Paton writes that “the grass is rich and matted, you can not see the soil.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/68782/the_symbolism_of_land_in_alan_patons.html (625 words)

	Amazon.fr : Alan Paton: A Biography: Livres en anglais: Peter Alexander (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He traces the origins of Paton's drive and values to his harsh childhood and authoritarian father, untangles deceptions in Paton's autobiographical writings and ably weaves together Paton's troubled personal life and his career.
		He shows how Paton's 1948 classic grew out of his work as principal of Diepkloof, a reformatory for fl youths, from 1935 to 1948, and how his principles were fostered by his association with the Anglican church.
		He describes Paton's frustrations as a leader of the small anti-apartheid Liberal Party from 1953 to 1968, his harassment by the government and his subsequent clashes with radicals willing to use violence to fight the state.
	www.amazon.fr /Alan-Paton-Biography-Peter-Alexander/dp/0198112378 (486 words)

	Alan Paton Summary
		Alan Stewart Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in the Natal P...
		Alan Paton was one of South Africa's best-known novelists, as well as a reputable poet, biographer, politician, prison reformer, and thinker.
		Alan Stewart Paton(11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African author.
	www.bookrags.com /Alan_Paton (265 words)

	The Poetry and Drama of Alan Paton
		All his life Alan Paton was torn between a desire for the creative life as a writer, and the demands of his work as teacher, social reformer, and reluctant, but determined, politician.
		Paton had an ear for rhythm and for subtle cadence, and a habit of playing with words.
		During the era of his work for the Liberal Party in the darkest days of apartheid repression, Paton's creative urge had to be diverted to the writing of pamphlets.
	www.oprah.com /obc_classic/featbook/ctbc/author/ctbc_author_poetry_history.jhtml (394 words)

	Alan Paton
		Alan Stewart Paton (1903-1988) was born and educated in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
		Paton became a fulltime writer after this novel, producing novels (Too late the Phalarope 1953, Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful 1981), two volumes of his autobiography (Towards the Mountain 1980, Journey Continued 1988), short stories and biographies of J.H. Hofmeyr and Bishop Geoffrey Clayton among other writings.
		Alan Paton comments on the Colour Bar and on Cry the Beloved Country from J.D. Blechman's 1981 interview with Alan Paton.
	literature.kzn.org.za /lit/22.xml (780 words)

	Alan Paton - Moviefone
		Distinguished South African author Alan Paton is best known internationally as the author of the incendiary anti-apartheid novel Cry the Beloved...
		The Alan Paton Award for non-fiction is conferred annually in his honour.
		Alan Paton - a short biography and bibliography - of this KwaZulu-Natal author.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/alan-paton/163735/main (114 words)

	Alan Paton: Cry, The Beloved Country
		To anybody who has made the same journey from Sundsvall to Trondhem as Alan Paton did, there is no doubt: the opening words of his first novel Cry, The Beloved Country must have been inspired by the marvellous views of Jämtland and Tröndelag.
		Alan Paton was a prophet who cried out to the world a vivid protest against inequity, degradation of human values and racial oppression.
		Alan Paton’s voice became silent in April 1988, less than two years before the liberation of Nelson Mandela.
	hem1.passagen.se /pasteur/Cry.htm (1101 words)

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		Alan Stuart Paton (1903-1988), famed author of Cry, the beloved country (1948), was also a founding member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (1953).
		Paton continued to write novels and poetry throughout his life, but he also wrote extensively on matters of a political nature.
		The Alan Paton Centre and Struggle Archives therefore holds not only Alan Paton's literary works and related documents and manuscripts, but also papers pertaining to the Liberal Party and other institutions and organisations who contributed to the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa.
	www.ukzn.ac.za /paton/HomePage1.aspx (107 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Meet the Writers
		It established Paton as a bestselling author in 1948 and, more significantly, alerted the world to the conditions of life for nonwhites in South Africa.
		Before he became a writer, Paton's first career was in the social service field, as the tireless director of a reformatory for African boys.
		The ten short stories in Tales from a Troubled Land reflect the trials and triumphs Paton experienced during this influential time in his life, with a poignant mixture of despair and hope.
	www.barnesandnoble.com /writers/writer.asp?z=y&vcqty=1&cid=90358 (322 words)

	Alan Paton Essays\| Alan Paton Dissertations
		Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 12 April 1988) was a South African author.
		The Alan Paton Award for non-fiction is conferred annually in his honour.
		All material supplied about alan paton must be used for research purposes only and all computing essays remain our copyright.
	www.computing.degree-essays.com /alan-paton-essays.html (734 words)

	Powell's Books - Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
		The most famous and important novel in South Africa's history, and an immediate worldwide bestseller when it was published in 1948, Alan Paton's impassioned novel about a fl man's country under white man's law is a work of searing beauty.
		Alan Paton was born in 1903 in Pietermaritzburg, in the province of Natal, South Africa.
		Alan Paton was one of South Africa's greatest writers; he died in 1988.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-9780743261951-0 (468 words)

	Alan Paton
		Alan Paton -- teacher, author, and politician -- was one of South Africa's most remarkable people.
		It is a true-life portrait of its author, Alan Paton.
		He was the oldest of four children and the son of Eunice and James Paton.
	www.radessays.com /viewpaper/91763/Alan_Paton.html (272 words)

	Alan Paton's cry the beloved country one day tour
		Alan Paton's cry the beloved country one day tour
		Visit Alan Paton’s country and admire the view from the same hill that inspired the novelist.
		Ride the "toy train", drop in at the school where he was headmaster, the solitude of Kumalo's cave and the film set from the 1951 movie.
	www.africatravelmart.com /html/tourpaton.html (93 words)

	Alan Paton Biography \| Authors and Artists for Young Adults
		In a cathedral in Norway in 1946, Alan Paton sat looking at a rose window.
		I was filled with an intense homesickness, for home and wife and sons, and for my far off country." Paton went back to his hotel and wrote the following sentences: "There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
		Alan Paton from Authors and Artists for Young Adults.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/alan-paton-aya (213 words)

	Resources for Alan Paton
		Link to the Alan Paton Study, dedicated by his wife to the Pietermaritzburg campus University of Natal where he studied.
		A synopsis of events occurring after the death of Alan Paton as a result of his literary influences and impact.
		Johnathon Paton reveals his qualms in an interview with Andrew Worsdale about misconceptions on a television series which portrays Alan Paton as dirty birdie.
	collaboratory.nunet.net /goals2000/eddy/Paton/Resources.html (187 words)

	Alan Paton: Blogs, Photos, Videos and more on Technorati
		I know I shall be in trouble for saying so, because I am the widow of Alan Paton.
		Cry, the beloved country by Alan Paton, first published 1948, 320 pages, ISBN 978-0743262170 (Schroguely Works is our new feature on books of interest to thinking-minded folk.) “There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
		Videos: the Awarding of the 2007 Sunday Times Fiction Prize and Alan Paton Award June 17th, 2007 by Ben [IMG ST Lit Awards]All the announcements and acceptance speeches on YouTube!
	www.technorati.com /tag/Alan+Paton (648 words)

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		Alan Paton joins the South African Institute of Race Relations.
		1944: Paton addresses the National Social Welfare Conference, and publishes the talk as The non-European offender in 1945.
		From Callan E (1982) Alan Paton, Boston: Twayne Publishers
	www.unp.ac.za /paton/patonbiography172.aspx (773 words)

	Powell's Books - Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
		He devoted himself to writing poetry once again, and later, in his middle years, he wrote serious essays for liberal South African magazines, much the same way his character, Arthur Jarvis, does in Cry, the Beloved Country.
		It was during this time that he unexpectedly wrote his first published novel, Cry, the Beloved Country.
		Alan Paton died in 1992 in South Africa.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=7-0743262174-4 (622 words)

	Alan Paton - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alan Paton - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Paton, Alan Stewart (1903-1988), South African writer and social reformer, whose works condemned apartheid, the policy of racial separation...
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