Alan paton famous works

Political activist Alan Steward Paton was born on January 11, 1903 in Natal, South Africa. He attended Maritzburg College and Natal University. He taught at Ixopo High School and Maritzburg College. In 1935, he was appointed principal of Diepkloof Reformatory for African Boys in Johannesburg and became interested in race relations. Although he intended to become a full-time writer after the publication of his first book, he instead became involved in politics. He was a member of the Liberal Party of South Africa, serving as vice-president, chairman, and president before the party was forced to disband in 1968 because of its anti-apartheid views. Paton is best known for his political activism and his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country. He also wrote a second novel, Too Late the Phalarope, and two autobiographies, Toward the Mountains and Journey Continued. He died on April 12, 1988 in Lintrose, Botha's Hill, Natal.

Autobiography by Alan Paton

Journey Continued: An Autobiography is the second part of South African writer Alan Paton's autobiography. The first book was Towards the Mountain. In his Journey, he wrote about his life after the publication of his debut novel, Cry the Beloved Country (1948), which was so influential.

Paton had completed the writing and correction of this book, but he died in 1988, before it was published later that year.^[1]

Topics

The book addresses a wide variety of topics, personal, professional, philosophical, and political. For example, it discusses the way in which Paton's Cry, The Beloved Country was adapted for Broadway theatre.^[2] It also discusses the Christian basis for Paton's activism.^[3][4]

Journey Continued outlines Paton's long and deep involvement with the Liberal Party of South Africa. He explores his views on liberalism and its distinction from other political philosophies.^[4][5][6]

Quotations

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Towards the Mountain

December 4, 2019

This book and it's sequel were recently given to me by a man who, himself, grew up in Africa so it is especially interesting to me. Alan Paton tells of his life in South Africa where he grew up in Natal. He describes how the people of South Africa had a strong passion for freedom and liberty. Paton tells of his own private desire for freedom from an abusive father whose violence toward his son left it's mark both physically and emotionally. Paton tells of the thirteen years he spent as principal of the Diepkloof reformatory where he transformed a boy's prison into an educational facility. Paton takes the reader on his travels throughout Africa, the United States, Great Britain, and other countries in his search to improve the prison system in South Africa. It was during his travels that he wrote, 'Cry the Beloved Country' one of the most renowned books to come out of South Africa. Many of the characters in this book are based on actual people known to Paton through his life's journey. The sheer honesty of Paton's writing as he shares events in