Death of Alan Paton

Title

Death of Alan Paton

Genre

News report; Speech; Obituary

TX Date

12 Apr 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:36

Description

South African writer Alan Paton died this morning at the age of eighty-five of cancer at his home near Durban. He was best known as the author of Cry, the Beloved Country, first published forty years ago. His novel came to symbolise the liberal conscience of South Africa. Clip includes Paton reading from the novel. Nigel Wrench reports from Johannesburg. For AM programme.

Contributors

Nigel Wrench; Alan Paton

Keywords

Books; Authors; Deaths; Politics; Writers; South Africa; Apartheid; Economic sanctions; Novelists; AM (radio programme); Alan Paton; Cry, the Beloved Country

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