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Alan Paton

1903 - 1988

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Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), Too Late the Phalarope (1953), and the short story The Waste Land. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Paton is the 4,555th most popular writer (up from 4,910th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from South Africa and the 11th most popular South African Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alan Paton ranks 4,555 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacques Roumain, Klaus Groth, James Agee, Aleksandrs Čaks, Ivan Shmelyov, and Ramón Pérez de Ayala. After him are Gudrun Pausewang, Sophia Parnok, Alfhild Agrell, Iakob Tsurtaveli, Gordon Willis, and Nísia Floresta.

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Among people born in 1903, Alan Paton ranks 241. Before him are Theo Lingen, Olav Sunde, Ronald Syme, Armand Blanchonnet, Adolph Gottlieb, and Big Bill Broonzy. After him are O. E. Hasse, Manuel Anatol, Voldemar Väli, Romeo Neri, Graham Sutherland, and Nathanael West. Among people deceased in 1988, Alan Paton ranks 165. Before him are Sylvester, Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia, Louise Nevelson, Wilfred Jackson, Andrei Glanzmann, and Brigitte Horney. After him are Nikolay Makarov, Francisco Rodrigues, Anatoly Levchenko, Mildred Gillars, Margaret Mee, and Jenő Vincze.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Alan Paton ranks 109 out of 454. Before him are Claude Chevalley (1909), Hugh Masekela (1939), Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891), Alfred Swift (1931), Oscar Pistorius (1986), and Max Gluckman (1911). After him are John Kani (1943), Helen Suzman (1917), Tosca Musk (1974), Wilfrid Napier (1941), Bevil Rudd (1894), and David Bailie (1937).

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Among WRITERS In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Alan Paton ranks 11. Before him are André Brink (1935), Laurence Oliphant (1829), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Ronald Harwood (1934), Laurens van der Post (1906), and Athol Fugard (1932). After him are Deon Meyer (1958), Gcina Mhlophe (1958), Elsa Joubert (1922), Andrew Murray (1828), Karel Schoeman (1939), and Ingrid Jonker (1933).

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