(1903–88), South African writer and politician; full name Alan Stewart Paton. He is best known for his novel Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), a passionate indictment of the apartheid system.
Definition of Paton, Alan in US English:
Paton, Alan
proper nounˈpātn
(1903–88), South African writer and politician; full name Alan Stewart Paton. He is best known for his novel Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), a passionate indictment of the apartheid system.