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Gregory John Peter Smith
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（ Gregory David Roberts）， chū shēng yú 'ào dà lì yà mò 'ěr běn， tā de “ zhēn shí jīng lì ” bǐ rèn hé xiǎo shuō dū gèng jù chuán qí sè cǎi， cóng xué shēng shí dài jiù shì gè jī jìn de yùn dòng fènzǐ， huó yuè yú gè zhǒng fǎn zhàn、 fǎn fǎ xī sī、 fǎn zhèng fǔ zǔ zhì， shēn xìn zì jǐ kě yǐ gǎi biàn shì jiè。 yōu yì de tiān fù， shǐ tā chéng wéi dà xué zhōng zuì nián qīng de zhé xué hé wén xué jiǎng shī， què zài 25 suì hūn yīn pò liè， shī qù qī zǐ， gèng shī qù 5 suì 'ài nǚ de jiān hù quán。 tā xuǎn zé yòng hǎi luò yīn lái tián bǔ shēng mìng zhōng zhà rán dào lái de kōng dòng， cóng yī gè lǐ xiǎng zhù yì zhě duò luò wéi dú chóng。
shàng yǐn de xū qiú bī shǐ tā ná zhe fǎng zào shǒu qiāng， yǐ quán tào xī zhuāng dǎ bàn、 wēn hé de tán tù、 lǐ mào de jǔ zhǐ， qù qiǎng jié yínháng， yīn 'ér huò dé“ shēn shì dà dào” (TheGentlemanBandit) de fēng hào。 bèi bǔ hòu， 24 cì de qiǎng jié jì lù huàn lái 19 nián tú xíng。 liǎng nián bàn hòu， luó bó cí yú guāng tiān huà rì xià táo chū 'ào dà lì yà zuì jiè bèi sēn yán de zhòng xíng jiān yù， duǎn zàn tíng liú xīn xī lán， rán hòu liú wáng yìn dù。
zhè duàn cháng dá bā nián de yìn dù liú wáng suì yuè， biàn chéng liǎo《 xiàng tǎ lán》 zuì zhēn shí de lán běn。 1991 nián tā zài dé guó bèi bǔ， jué xīn tǎn rán miàn duì guò qù， rù yù fú xíng。 1997 nián huò shì chū yù hòu， tā zhuóshǒu xiě xià《 xiàng tǎ lán》 zhè bù hòu dá qiān yè de zìzhuàn shì xiǎo shuō，

 Gregory David Roberts (born Gregory John Peter Smith; 21 June 1952) is an Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram. He is a former heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980 and fled to India, where he lived for ten years.

Life

Roberts reportedly became addicted to heroin after his marriage ended, and he lost custody of his young daughter. In his efforts to finance his drug habit, Roberts became known as the "Building Society Bandit" and the "Gentleman Bandit", because he had chosen to rob only institutions with adequate insurance, he would wear a three-piece suit, and he always said "please" and "thank you" to the people he robbed.

Roberts believed at the time that in this way he was lessening the brutality of his acts, but later in his life he admitted that people only gave him money because he had made them afraid. He escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980.

In 1990, Roberts was captured in Frankfurt after being caught smuggling himself into the country. He was extradited to Australia and served a further six years in prison, two of which were spent in solitary confinement. According to Roberts, he escaped prison again during that time, but relented and smuggled himself back into jail. His intention was to serve the rest of his sentence to give himself the chance to be reunited with his family. During his second stay in Australian prison, he began writing Shantaram. The manuscript was destroyed by prison wardens, twice, while Roberts was writing it.

Writing career

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

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

Some experiences from my life are described pretty much as they happened, and others are created narratives, informed by my experience. I wanted to write two or three novels on some bare elements from my life, allowing me to explore the themes that interested me, while keeping the narrative immediate by anchoring it to some of my real experiences. They’re novels, not autobiographies, and all of the characters and dialogue is created. It doesn’t matter how much of it is true or not to me, it’s how true they are to all of us, and to our common humanity.

— Roberts interview

Roberts lived in Melbourne, Germany, and France and finally returned to Mumbai (Bombay), where he set up charitable foundations to assist the city's poor with health care coverage. He was finally reunited with his daughter. He got engaged to Françoise Sturdza, who is the president of the Heart for India Foundation. Roberts also wrote the original screenplay for the movie adaptation of Shantaram.

In 2009, Roberts was named a Zeitz Foundation Ambassador for Community. Ambassadors help raise awareness and shape activities in their areas. In 2011, Roberts stepped aside as an Ambassador due to the pressure of other commitments but continues to assist the Zeitz Foundation as a Friend.

The follow-up novel The Mountain Shadow was released on 13 October 2015 by Little Brown.

Music

In September 2020, the author released his debut single "Drive All Night." This was followed by the single "Lisa Run Away."  His debut album "Love and Faith" is set to be released in December 2020,and is set to have 16 tracks.