Alan Paton - A Cry For a Country?

Alan Paton was a South African author, who is famous for Cry, the Beloved Country (1948). Paton was born on January 11, 1903. As a child, he read Charles Dickens, Rupert Brooke and others. His father was a writer, though he was only locally recognized. After attending the University of Natal, Paton was a teacher for a time until he was appointed Principal of the Diepkloof Reformatory.

In "Too Late the Phalarope," Alan Paton writes: "Perhaps I could have saved him, with only a word, two words, out of my mouth. Perhaps I could have save us all. But I never spoke them." Read more quotes from Alan Paton (particularly related to Cry, the Beloved Country).