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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.
Dec 13, 2013 · Colin Wilson was a British novelist and philosopher who wrote about alienation, creativity and the occult. He died in 2013 after a stroke and a bout of pneumonia.
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 5, 2013 · Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. 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.
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Jun 22, 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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Colin Wilson has 517 books on Goodreads with 123556 ratings. Colin Wilson’s most popular book is The Outsider.
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.
