Colin Wilson
Sign in to saveBritish writer and philosopher (1931–2013)
Film & TV
Known for
- They Are Here: The Real World of the Poltergeists — Self2007
- Issei Sagawa: Excuse Me For Living — Narrator1993
- Nothing As It Seems: The Films of Nicolas Roeg — Self1982
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Colin Henry Wilson , ( 1931-06-26 ) 26 June 1931, Leicester , Leicestershire, England
- Died
- 5 December 2013 (2013-12-05) (aged 82), St Austell , Cornwall, England
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- British
- Period
- Active: 1956–2013, 20th century
- Genre
- Non-fiction Fiction Paranormal Existentialism Positive psychology
- Literary movement
- Angry young men
- Notable works
- The Outsider The Occult: A History
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Wilson World – Let’s talk about art and literature
colinwilsonworld.co.uk →Wilson World is one of the leading online blogs when it comes to the subjects of art and literature. This is a reference and a resource platform for artists and aficionados in art and literature. We recognize that this is a very vibrant industry yet there aren’t many platforms in the online space where art lovers can access informative and insightful content when it comes to matters of art. This is the main motivation behind the establishment of Wilson World. It doesn’t matter whether you are just new to art and literature or whether you have more experience in this field this is a platform which is full of insightful information for everyone in this space.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Family name
- Wilson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Leicester
- Place of death
- St Austell
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- occultism
- Official website
- www.colinwilsonworld.co.uk
- Image
- Colin Wilson.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- date of death
- 2013-12-05
- date of birth
- 1931-06-26
- lifestyle
- mysticism
- name in native language
- Colin Henry Wilson
- influenced by
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- birth name
- Colin Henry Wilson
- place of burial
- Cornwall
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- Commons category
- Colin Wilson (writer)
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
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, eventually writing more than a hundred books. Wilson called his philosophy "new existentialism" or "phenomenological existentialism", and maintained his life work was "that of a philosopher, and (his) purpose to create a new and optimistic existentialism".
Early life
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