Alan David Gold (born 1945) is a novelist, columnist, and human rights activist.

Life and career

Born in

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, United Kingdom, Alan Gold began his working life on British provincial newspapers such as the ''

Leicester Mercury The ''Leicester Mercury'' is a British regional newspaper for the city of Leicester and the neighbouring counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. The paper began in the 19th century as the ''Leicester Daily Mercury'' and later changed to its pre ...

'' before becoming a freelance correspondent in the United Kingdom and Europe. He and his wife Eva moved to Australia in 1970. He has written thirty books which have been published and translated internationally. His novels deal with a wide range of subjects, most often associated with modern and ancient history and politics and

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. He is a regular literary critic for ''

The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatew ...

'' and also an opinion columnist for ''

The Spectator Australia ''The Spectator'' is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs. It was first published in July 1828, making it the oldest surviving weekly magazine in the world. It is owned by Frederick Barclay, who also owns ''The ...

''.Alan Gold
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B'nai B'rith B'nai B'rith International (, from he, בְּנֵי בְּרִית, translit=b'né brit, lit=Children of the Covenant) is a Jewish service organization. B'nai B'rith states that it is committed to the security and continuity of the Jewish peopl ...

Human Rights Orator in Sydney and Melbourne. He is 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 is a past President of the Anti-Defamation Unit of B'nai B'rith, is a member of think tanks the

Sydney Institute The Sydney Institute is a privately funded Australian policy forum founded in 1989. The institute took over the resources of the Sydney Institute of Public Affairs which ceased activity in the late 1980s. The institute was opened on 23 August 19 ...

and the Centre for Independent Studies, and has been 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

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University Shalom College's Festival, Limmud Oz. He is a visiting scholar to the Melbourne Limmud Oz. He is married with three children and lives in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, Australia.

Bibliography

Books

Essays and columns

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References

External links

Simon & Schuster author pageHarperCollins author page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gold, Alan 1945 births Living people 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