Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African author. January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was born in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, the son of a minor civil servant. After attending Maritzburg College, he studied a Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Natal in his hometown, followed by a diploma in education. Location of Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal province The city of Pietermaritzburg is the capital of South Africas province of KwaZulu-Natal. ... KwaZulu-Natal (often referred to as KZN) is a province of South Africa. ... Maritzburg College school crest Maritzburg College is a boys-only high-school situated in the city of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, with all lessons taught in the English medium. ... The University of KwaZulu-Natal is a university in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. ...

After graduating, he taught at a high school in Ixopo, where he met his future wife, and then at another school back in Pietermaritzburg. Location of Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal province The city of Pietermaritzburg is the capital of South Africas province of KwaZulu-Natal. ...

He served as the principal of the Diepkloof Reformatory for young offenders from 1935 to 1948, where he introduced controversial reforms of a progressive slant. Most notable among these were the open dormitory policy, the work permit policy, and the home visitation policy. Boys were initially housed in closed dorms. Once they had proven themselves trustworthy, they would be transferred to open dorms within the compound. Boys who showed high levels of trustworthiness would be permitted to work outside the compound. In some cases, boys were even permitted to reside outside the compound under the supervision of a care family. Interesting to note is that of ten thousand boys given home leave during Paton's years at Diepkloof, less than 1% never returned. Diepkloof is a suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Paton volunteered for service during World War II, but was refused. During this time, he took a trip, at his own expense, to tour correctional facilities across the world. He toured Scandinavia, England, continental Europe, and the United States of America. During his time in Norway, he began work on his first (and arguably most famous) novel, "Cry, The Beloved Country", which he would finish over the course of his journey, finishing it on Christmas Eve in San Francisco in 1946. There, he met Aubrey and Marigold Burns, who read his manuscript and found a publisher to publish it. 2003 paperback edition (Scribners) Cry, The Beloved Country is a novel by South African author Alan Paton. ...

In 1953 he founded the South African Liberal Party, which fought against the apartheid legislation introduced by the National Party. He remained the president of the SALP until it's forced dissolution by the Apartheid regime, due to the fact that both blacks and whites comprised its membership. He was noted for his peaceful opposition to the Apartheid system, as were many others in the party, though some did take a more direct, violent route. Consequently, the party did have some stigma attached to it as a result of these actions. He retired to Botha's Hill where he lived until his death. 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The South African Liberal Party was a South African political party, founded in 1953 by the novelist Alan Paton. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... The National Party (Afrikaans: Nasionale Party) (with its members sometimes known as Nationalists or Nats) was the governing party of South Africa from 1948 until 1994, and was disbanded in 2005. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... Bothas Hill is a small town outside of Hillcrest in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. ...

Among his works are Debbie Go Home (1961), Tales from a Troubled Land (1965) (short story collections), Cry, The Beloved Country (1948) and Too Late the Phalarope (1953). Cry, The Beloved Country has been filmed twice (in 1951 and 1995) and was the basis for the Broadway show Lost in the Stars (adaptation by Maxwell Anderson, music by Kurt Weill). 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lost in the Stars is a 1949 musical with book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson and music by Kurt Weill, based on the novel Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) by Alan Paton (1903-1988). ... (James) Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 – 28 February 1959) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter and lyricist, and a founding member of The Playwrights Company (which included, at various times, Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard, Roger L. Stevens, John... Kurt Weill, a photo taken in Salzburg, Austria, 1934 Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950), born in Dessau, Germany and died in New York, was a German composer active from the 1920s until his death. ...

The Alan Paton Award for non-fiction is conferred annually in his honour. The Alan Paton Award - named for the author of Cry, The Beloved Country - has been conferred annually since 1989 for meritorious works of non-fiction. ...

See also

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• List of African writers
• List of South Africans – In 2004 Paton was voted 59th in the Top 100 Great South Africans

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External links

• The Alan Paton Centre & Struggle Archives
• Alan Paton – A short biography and bibliography
• "Cry the Beloved Country"(1995) - IMDB
• "Cry the Beloved Country"(1951) - IMDB