Best remembered as the author of Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton's reputation extends beyond the fields of fiction and literature to his roles as a teacher, prison reformer, and politician. In this new biography, Peter Alexander sets out to explore not only the public figure, but also the private man about whom much less is known.
Alexander, P. F. Alexander, P. F. (Peter F.) Alexander, Peter Alexander, Peter F. Alexander, Peter Fraser, 1949-
Peter F. Alexander was educated at the universities of the Witwatersrand, Leeds and Cambridge. He has written biographies of Roy Campbell, William Plomer, and Alan Paton (all published by OUP). He has also edited a selection of the verse of Roy Campbell for OUP, and has collaborated in a four-volume edition of all Campbell's writing. He is Emeritus Professor, School of the Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.