Colin Wilson
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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 work was "that of a philosopher, and (his) purpose to create a new and optimistic existentialism".[4]
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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 |
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Literary movement | Angry young men |
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