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Early life. Wilson was born on 26 June 1931 in Leicester, [5] the first child of Arthur and Annetta Wilson. His father worked in a shoe factory. [6] At the age of eleven he attended Gateway Secondary Technical School, where his interest in science began to blossom.
Colin Wilson has 482 books on Goodreads with 124947 ratings. Colin Wilson’s most popular book is The Outsider.
Dec 5, 2013 · He left school at 16, worked in factories and various occupations, and read in his spare time. When Wilson was 24, Gollancz published The Outsider (1956) which examines the role of the social 'outsider' in seminal works of various key literary and cultural figures.
The Outsider is a 1956 book by English writer Colin Wilson. [1] Through the works and lives of various artists – including H. G. Wells (Mind at the End of Its Tether), Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, T. S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, Harley Granville-Barker (The Secret Life), Hermann Hesse, T. E. Lawrence, Vincent van Gogh, Vaslav ...
Colin Wilson bibliography. This is a bibliography of works by Colin Wilson. The lists below provide information on Colin Wilson's major works. Individual essays, short stories and other short items are not listed separately, but most are reproduced in the items below.
Aug 19, 2024 · Colin Wilson (born June 26, 1931, Leicester, Leicestershire, England—died December 5, 2013, St. Austell, Cornwall, England) was an English novelist and writer on philosophy, sociology, music, literature, and the occult.
Interview with the British author Colin Wilson on the 50th anniversary of publication of his first book, The Outsider
Dec 13, 2013 · British novelist Colin Wilson, best known as the author of The Outsider, has died aged 82. Colin Stanley, Wilson's publisher and bibliographer, said the writer and philosopher never fully ...
Dec 12, 2013 · Colin Wilson, a self-educated English writer who in 1956 shot to international acclaim with his first book, “The Outsider,” an erudite meditation on existentialism, alienation and creativity ...
Dec 13, 2013 · LONDON (AP) — British author Colin Wilson, who gained fame with his first book, “The Outsider,” has died. He was 82. Colin Stanley, Wilson’s publisher and bibliographer, said the writer and philosopher never fully recovered from a stroke in 2011.
