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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] Wilson called his philosophy "new existentialism " or " phenomenological existentialism", [3] and maintained his life ...
- British
- Angry young men
- Writer
- Active: 1956–2013, 20th century
May 29, 2004 · Lynn Barber. 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 ...
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.
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Colin Wilson has 557 books on Goodreads with 123738 ratings. Colin Wilson’s most popular book is The Outsider.
Dec 12, 2013 · Colin Henry Wilson was born in Leicester, England, on June 26, 1931; his father, Arthur, worked in a shoe factory. As a boy, Mr. Wilson later said, he was aware that he differed greatly from the ...
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Oct 27, 2015 · Buy the book. The Occult is published by Watkins at £16.99 and is available from the Guardian bookshop for £12.99 (with free UK p&p). Colin Wilson died in 2013. This is an edited version of his ...
Dec 5, 2013 · Colin Henry Wilson was born and raised in Leicester, England, U.K. 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.
