Allan Stratton

Allan Stratton (* 1951 in Stratford , Ontario ) is a Canadian actor and writer .

Live and act

Allan Stratton began his theater career as an actor, later he successfully wrote plays himself. What nobody talks about is already his second novel for young people. For this book he researched for several months in South Africa , Zimbabwe and Botswana , in close contact with projects there for AIDS prevention and care for those infected with and suffering from AIDS. The novel received various prizes, including the “Children's Africana Book Award”, which annually honors five particularly balanced and authentic children's and young people's books on Africa.

Today he lives in Toronto, after stops in North America and Europe.

Works

Novels

The Phoenix Lottery . Cormorant Books, 1998 ISBN 978-1896332161
Leslie's Journal . Annick Press, Toronto 2000 ISBN 978-1550376654
Chanda's Secrets . Annick Press, 2004 ISBN 978-1550378351
- Übers. Heike Brandt: What nobody talks about . dtv, Munich 2006 ISBN 978-3-423-78204-3
Chanda's Wars . HarperCollins, 2008 ISBN 978-0060872625
- Übers. Heike Brandt: Chandas War . dtv, 2007 ISBN 978-3-423-78218-0
The Dogs.
- Übers. Heike Brandt: Dark Dogs. dtv, 2018

Plays

Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii . Samuel French, New York 1981 (first performed 1980 at the Phoenix Theater, Toronto)
Rexy! Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto 1981 (Premiere 1981 at the Phoenix Theater, Toronto)
Joggers . In Words In Play: three comedies by Allan Stratton . Coach House Press, Toronto 1988. (Premiere at the Toronto Free Theater, 1982)
Friends Of A Feather . Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto 1984. (Premiere 1984 on the main stage of the Shaw Festival)
A flush of tories . éditions nu-age, Montreal 1991. (Premiere 1991 at the Prairie Theater Exchange, Winnipeg)
Papers . Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto 1986. (Premiere 1985 at the Tarragon Theater, Toronto)
Bingo! Playwrights Coop, Toronto 1977. (Premiere 1977 at the Vancouver Playhouse)
The Hundred and One Miracles of Hope Chance . Coach House Press, Toronto 1988. (Premiere 1987 at the Manitoba Theater Center)
Bag babies . Coach House Press, Toronto 1991. (Premiere 1990 at Theater Passe Muraille, Toronto)

Web links

Literature by and about Allan Stratton in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
Homepage of Allan Stratton

Individual evidence

↑ The book is by the translator as part of the "young world reading stage", Berlin, for school readings from Kl. 7, as well as libraries available , of 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Stratton, Allan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian actor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stratford, Ontario

[1] The book is by the translator as part of the "young world reading stage", Berlin, for school readings from Kl. 7, as well as libraries available , of 2019.