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The Outsider. The Occult: A History. Colin Henry Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was an English existentialist philosopher-novelist. He also wrote widely on true crime, mysticism and the paranormal, [1] eventually writing more than a hundred books. [2]
- British
- Angry young men
- Writer
- Active: 1956–2013, 20th century
Dec 9, 2013 · Mon 9 Dec 2013 05.31 EST. For a few dazzling months, Colin Wilson, who has died aged 82, was taken at his own valuation in his diary as "the major literary genius of our century", a writer...
Colin Wilson has 560 books on Goodreads with 123996 ratings. Colin Wilson’s most popular book is The Outsider.
The book was a best seller and helped popularize existentialism in Britain. Critical praise though, was short-lived and Wilson was soon widely criticized. Wilson's works after The Outsider focused on positive aspects of human psychology, such as peak experiences and the narrowness of consciousness.
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- December 5, 2013
- June 26, 1931
Apr 16, 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. Wilson left school at age 16. He subsequently worked as a laboratory assistant, civil servant, laborer, dishwasher, and ...
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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,...
1. The Outsider. 1956. The first book in the Outsider cycle by Wilson, intended to outline his concept of the New Existentialism (the idea which underlies all of his work), and probably still his most famous work. Probably also the best starting place.
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