Alan Gold (author)
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Alan David Gold (1945 – June 2024) was an Australian novelist, columnist, and human rights activist.[1]
Life and career
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
Books
| Year | Title | Imprint | ISBN |
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| 1975 | The Pregnant Father (illustrated by Graham Austin) | Fontana | Template:ISBN |
| 1992 | Marketing for Small Business | Allen & Unwin | Template:ISBN |
| 1993 | The Jericho Files | HarperCollins | Template:ISBN |
| 1994 | The Lost Testament | Template:ISBN | |
| 1995 | The Final Candidate | Template:ISBN | |
| 1998 | The Marmara Contract | HarperCollins | Template:ISBN |
| The Gift of Evil | Template:ISBN | ||
| 1999 | Minyan | Template:ISBN | |
| Berlin Song | Template:ISBN | ||
| 2001 | Jezebel | Template:ISBN | |
| 2003 | The Pirate Queen | Template:ISBN | |
| 2005 | Warrior Queen: The Story of Boudica, Celtic Queen | New American Library | Template:ISBN |
| 2006 | El Imperio de la Reina | Via Magna (Spain) | Template:ISBN |
| 2013 | Bloodline | Simon & Schuster | Template:ISBN |
| 2014 | Stateless | Template:ISBN | |
| Bell of the Desert | Yucca Publishing | Template:ISBN | |
| 2015 | Birthright | Atria Publishing Group | Template:ISBN |
| Bat Out of Hell | Yucca Publishing | Template:ISBN | |
| 2016 | The Mechanic | Template:ISBN | |
| Redemption: Three Thousand Years of Rulers, Religion, Power, Politics, Corruption, and a City Named Jerusalem | CreateSpace | Template:ISBN | |
| 2018 | The Pretender's Lady | Skyhorse Publishing | Template:ISBN |
| 2020 | The Book of Mary | GWPublishers | Template:ISBN |
Essays and columns
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References
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- 1945 births
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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
- Jewish English writers
- English people of German-Jewish descent
- The Spectator people
- 21st-century Australian male writers