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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
May 29, 2004 · In 1956 The Outsider made him an overnight sensation, but ever since Colin Wilson has been an outsider himself - a knicker fetishist, a social misfit and the author of 110 books that even his...
Dec 12, 2013 · By Margalit Fox. 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 ...
Colin Wilson has 557 books on Goodreads with 123894 ratings. Colin Wilson’s most popular book is The Outsider.
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.
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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.
Dec 9, 2013 · 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 destined to be "Plato's ideal...
