ALAN PATON

Mention the name, Alan Paton to those familiar with this great South African writer, and his book, Cry the beloved country comes to mind. Indeed, the book was a bestseller and was also made into a powerful movie.

But Paton, who was an anti-apartheid activist, published many other books, including Lost in the Stars (1950), Too late the Phalarope,  The Land and People of South Africa, Debbie Go Home, (1960), Tales from a Troubled Land, Hofmeyr,  South African Tragedy, The Long View, Case History of a Pinky, Knocking on the Door, Towards the Mountain,  Ah, but Your Land is Beautiful, (1981), Save the Beloved Country, (1989)

Studies:

Alan Paton by Edward Callan

Alan Paton : a biography by Peter Alexander

Alan Paton's Cry, the beloved country, and Too late the phalarope
[and] Tales from a troubled land; a critical commentary by Connor P
Hartnett

Alan Paton's Cry, the beloved country and Too late the Phalarope,
Tales from a troubled land : a critical commentary by Connor P
Hartnett

A literary friendship : Alan Paton and Neville Nuttall by Jolyon
Nuttall

The principal : Alan Paton's years at Diepkloof Reformatory by Roy
Sargeant