# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-paton
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:32:40.226Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-paton"
name: "Alan Paton"
slug: "alan-paton"
description: "Alan Stewart Paton 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."
tagline: "South African writer and activist (1903-1988)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1903-01-11"
deathDate: "1988-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-country-fill