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  1. 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 ...

  2. Colin Wilson has 557 books on Goodreads with 123611 ratings. Colin Wilsons most popular book is The Outsider.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Oct 27, 2015 · Colin Wilson: 'The Occult was a kind of awakening'. In an excerpt from its posthumous reissue, the one-time ‘Angry Young Man’ explains how this book freed him of that sensationalist tag, and ...

  5. Dec 5, 2013 · 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.

  6. 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...

  7. 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, Wilsons publisher and bibliographer, said the writer and philosopher never fully recovered from a stroke in 2011.

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