Alan Paton
Alan Paton (1903-1988) was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, to a Scottish father and a South African mother of English descent. He studied at the University of Natal and worked as a teacher before becoming the principal of the Diepkloof Reformatory for young Black offenders in 1935, where he implemented progressive reforms that transformed the institution. It was during a tour of prisons and reformatories in Europe and America in 1946-1947 that he wrote Cry, the Beloved Country, which became an immediate international bestseller upon its publication in 1948. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Cry, the Beloved Country.
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Alan Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country: A father's search through apartheid-era South Africa. A profound novel of justice, grief, and reconciliation.