Alan Paton: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Alan Stewart Paton
Born January 11, 1903 • Pietermaritzburg • South Africa
Died April 12, 1988 (aged 85) • Durban • South Africa
Notable Works “Cry, the Beloved Country” • “Hofmeyr” • “The Hero of Currie Road” • “The Lost City of the Kalahari” • “Too Late the Phalarope”

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Bessie Emery Head
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Stendhal, oil painting by Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy; in the Bibliothèque Municipale de Grenoble, France.
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