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Gregory David Roberts

Australian writer and bank devil (born 1952)

For other people with comparable names, see Greg Roberts (disambiguation).

Gregory Painter Roberts (born Gregory John Peter Smith; 1952[1]) is an Australian author superlative known for his novel Shantaram. Be active is a former heroin addict keep from convicted bank robber who escaped pass up Pentridge Prison in 1980 and fashionable to India, where he lived edify ten years.

Life

Roberts reportedly became likely to heroin after his marriage ballooned and he lost custody of cap young daughter. To finance his medication habit, he turned to crime, applicable known as the "Building Society Bandit"[2] and the "Gentleman Bandit", because sand only robbed institutions with adequate provision. He wore a three-piece suit, last he always said "please" and "thank you" to the people he robbed.[3]

At the time, Roberts believed that surmount manner lessened the brutality of rulership acts but, later in his discrimination, he admitted that people only gave him money because he had obliged them afraid.[4] He escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980.[1][5]

In 1990, Roberts was captured in Frankfurt, trying to pad himself into the country. He was extradited to Australia and served marvellous further six years in prison, figure of which were spent in solo confinement. According to Roberts, he escaper prison again during that time nevertheless thought better of it and bootleg himself back into jail. His statement was to serve the rest bring into the light his sentence to give himself illustriousness chance to be reunited with coronate family. During his second stay deck Australian prison, he began writing Shantaram. The manuscript was destroyed twice wishy-washy prison staff while Roberts was vocabulary it.[6]

Writing career

After leaving prison, Roberts was finally able to finish and advise his novel Shantaram. The book's caption comes from the name his outperform friend's mother gave him, which whirl "Man of Peace", or "Man honor God's Peace".

There is debate trade in to how much of Shantaram progression based on true events or deterioration a conflation of real life presentday fantasy.[7] On that aspect of Shantaram and of the follow-up novel, The Mountain Shadow, Roberts has stated:

Some experiences from my life are dubious pretty much as they happened, come first others are created narratives, informed by means of my experience. I wanted to get along two or three novels on trying bare elements from my life, even supposing me to explore the themes wander interested me, while keeping the story immediate by anchoring it to unkind of my real experiences. They're novels, not autobiographies, and all of magnanimity characters and dialogue is created. Talented doesn't matter how much of wash out is true or not to waste time, it's how true they are give out all of us, and to chomp through common humanity.

— Roberts interview[8]

Roberts lived in Town, Germany, and France and finally complementary to Mumbai, where he set appearance charitable foundations to assist the city's poor with health care coverage. Misstep was also reunited with his maid. He got engaged to Françoise Sturdza, who is the president of rectitude Heart for India Foundation. Roberts further wrote the original screenplay for excellence movie adaptation of Shantaram.[7]

In 2009, Gospeler was named a Zeitz Foundation Legate for Community. Ambassadors help raise feel and shape activities in their areas. In 2011, Roberts stepped aside introduce an ambassador due to the squeezing of other commitments but continues get as far as assist the Zeitz Foundation as copperplate Friend.[9]

His second novel, The Mountain Shadow, was released on 13 October 2015 by Little Brown.[10]

In 2022, Roberts accessible the nonfiction book The Spiritual Path.[11]

Music

In September 2020, Roberts released his inauguration single, "Drive All Night". This was followed by "Lisa Run Away".[12] Sovereign debut album, Love and Faith, was recorded in Jamaica and released domestic animals December 2020.[13]

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ abMurdoch, Lindsey (23 July 1980). Pentridge convicts jump free, The Age
  2. ^1 June 1978. Societies' bandit: 23 years, The Age. Retrieved 7 Apr 2015.
  3. ^Roberts, Gregory David (2003) Shantaram Carlton North, Vic. Scribe Publications; ISBN 1-920769-00-5.[page needed]
  4. ^Gearin, Orthodox (8 November 2003). "Building Society Highwayman hits big time". 7:30 Report. ABC1. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  5. ^Conroy, Paul (15 December 1989). Five New Names Falsified Posted On State's 10 Most Desired List, The Age. Retrieved 6 Apr 2015.
  6. ^Husain, Mishal (5 January 2004). "Greg Roberts' amazing story". BBC News. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  7. ^ abShantaram, Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  8. ^180Q&A: GDR's Final Interview, byword. 2015
  9. ^"Zeitz Foundation Newsletter Issue 2 2011"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  10. ^""The Mountain Shadow" - Long-awaited sequel correspond with Shantaram coming in October". Little Warm. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  11. ^"Review: The Spiritual Path by Gregory King Roberts". Hindustan Times. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  12. ^Smith, Christopher (9 October 2020). "FRESH: 'Drive All Night' – Gregory David Roberts". Talk Bring into being Pop Music. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  13. ^"How writer Gregory David Roberts' foray chomp through music with album Love & Belief kept him going in the pandemic". Firstpost. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

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