Alan Gold (author)
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Alan Gold | |
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| Born | 1945 Leicester, England |
| Died | 2024 (aged 78–79) |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | New South Wales, Australia |
| Genre | Historical Fiction |
| Years active | 1975–2024 |
Alan David Gold (1945–2024) was a novelist, columnist, and human rights activist.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Born in Leicester, United Kingdom, Alan Gold began his working life on British provincial newspapers such as the Leicester Mercury before becoming a freelance correspondent in the United Kingdom and Europe. He and his wife Eva moved to Australia in 1970.[2]
He wrote more than thirty books which were published and translated internationally. His novels dealt with a wide range of subjects, most often associated with modern and ancient history and politics and Judaism.
He was a regular literary critic for The Australian and also an opinion columnist for The Spectator Australia.[3] In June 2000, he was the New South Wales Human Rights Orator, as well as the B'nai B'rith Human Rights Orator in Sydney and Melbourne. He was a visiting guest lecturer in literature at major Australian universities and a regular lecturer and speaker on matters of literature, racism, and human rights.
He was a past President of the Anti-Defamation Unit of B'nai B'rith, was a member of think tanks the Sydney Institute and the Centre for Independent Studies, and a board member of the international writers' centre, Varuna, the Vice President of the human rights program Courage to Care, and the literary co-ordinator of the New South Wales University Shalom College's Festival, Limmud Oz. He was a visiting scholar to the Melbourne Limmud Oz.
He was married with three children and lived in Sydney, Australia.
Gold died after a long illness in June 2024. His funeral was held at Rookwood Cemetery on 19 June 2024.[4][5]
Bibliography
[edit]Books
[edit]| Year | Title | Imprint | ISBN |
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| 1975 | The Pregnant Father (illustrated by Graham Austin) | Fontana | ISBN 0006341470 |
| 1992 | Marketing for Small Business | Allen & Unwin | ISBN 1863730915 |
| 1993 | The Jericho Files | HarperCollins | ISBN 0732249945 |
| 1994 | The Lost Testament | ISBN 0732250773 | |
| 1995 | The Final Candidate | ISBN 0732251788 | |
| 1998 | The Marmara Contract | HarperCollins | ISBN 0732259916 |
| The Gift of Evil | ISBN 0732256534 | ||
| 1999 | Minyan | ISBN 0732264006 | |
| Berlin Song | ISBN 0732265851 | ||
| 2001 | Jezebel | ISBN 073226829X | |
| 2003 | The Pirate Queen | ISBN 0732268281 | |
| 2005 | Warrior Queen: The Story of Boudica, Celtic Queen | New American Library | ISBN 0451215257 |
| 2006 | El Imperio de la Reina | Via Magna (Spain) | ISBN 8493467960 |
| 2013 | Bloodline | Simon & Schuster | ISBN 9781922052834 |
| 2014 | Stateless | ISBN 9781922052889 | |
| Bell of the Desert | Yucca Publishing | ISBN 9781631580079 | |
| 2015 | Birthright | Atria Publishing Group | ISBN 9781476759869 |
| Bat Out of Hell | Yucca Publishing | ISBN 9781631580628 | |
| 2016 | The Mechanic | ISBN 9781631580857 | |
| Redemption: Three Thousand Years of Rulers, Religion, Power, Politics, Corruption, and a City Named Jerusalem | CreateSpace | ISBN 9781537145525 | |
| 2018 | The Pretender's Lady | Skyhorse Publishing | ISBN 1510732829 |
| 2020 | The Book of Mary | GWPublishers | ISBN 0648710254 |
Essays and columns
[edit]- Gold, Alan (4 January 2014). "Diary". The Spectator Australia. 324 (9671): v.
- Growing internet dependence sapping our life skills
References
[edit]- ^ Austlit - Alan Gold
- ^ "Alan Gold". HarperCollins. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Alan Gold
- ^ "Funeral & Minyan Times". Chevra Kadisha Sydney. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Alan Gold: 1945-2024". jwire.com.au. 11 July 2024.
External links
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- 20th-century Australian novelists
- 20th-century Australian male writers
- 21st-century Australian novelists
- Australian male novelists
- Australian people of German-Jewish descent
- Jewish Australian writers
- Writers from Sydney
- British emigrants to Australia
- English Jews
- English people of German-Jewish descent
- The Spectator people
- 21st-century Australian male writers