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| '''Colin Henry Wilson''' (born ], ]) is a ] writer. | '''Colin Henry Wilson''' (born ], ]) is a ] writer. | ||
| He was born and brought up in ]. Wilson left school at 16 and worked at a variety of jobs while reading in his spare time. As a result of his readings he published '']'' in ], which |
He was born and brought up in ]. Wilson left school at 16 and worked at a variety of jobs while reading in his spare time. As a result of his readings he published '']'' in ], arguably one of the most important books of all time, which takes a look at certain person's lives (for example, ]) and their alienation from their fellow beings and asks 'Why' and finds out that it has to do with the importance of religion for a healthy people (and cannot be summed up in this summation; it must be read for the reader to make up their own minds). The book was very successful and was a serious contribution to the popularization of ] in Britain. Wilson was labelled as an ], though he had little in common with other members of the group. In the ] ] he campaigned for ] in the North ] constituency, who was standing under his post-war ] banner. | ||
| Wilson also published in ] ''The War Against Sleep: The Philosophy of Gurdjieff'', a text concerned with the life, work and philosophy of ], which forms an accessible introduction to the Greek-Armenian mystic. | Wilson also published in ] ''The War Against Sleep: The Philosophy of Gurdjieff'', a text concerned with the life, work and philosophy of ], which forms an accessible introduction to the Greek-Armenian mystic. | ||
| On a dare from ], Colin Wilson wrote 'The Mind Parasites', as another tool to take a look at his own ideas (which suffuse all of his works), putting them in the guise of ]. | |||
| Wilson has also published ]: Many ]s, mostly ] or ], the latter including several ] pieces. He has also written extensively about ] and various ] and ] themes. | Wilson has also published ]: Many ]s, mostly ] or ], the latter including several ] pieces. He has also written extensively about ] and various ] and ] themes. | ||
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Colin Henry Wilson (born June 26, 1931) is a British writer.
He was born and brought up in Leicester. Wilson left school at 16 and worked at a variety of jobs while reading in his spare time. As a result of his readings he published The Outsider in 1956, arguably one of the most important books of all time, which takes a look at certain person's lives (for example, William Blake) and their alienation from their fellow beings and asks 'Why' and finds out that it has to do with the importance of religion for a healthy people (and cannot be summed up in this summation; it must be read for the reader to make up their own minds). The book was very successful and was a serious contribution to the popularization of existentialism in Britain. Wilson was labelled as an Angry Young Man, though he had little in common with other members of the group. In the 1959 General Election he campaigned for Oswald Mosley in the North Kensington constituency, who was standing under his post-war Union Movement banner.
Wilson also published in 1980 The War Against Sleep: The Philosophy of Gurdjieff, a text concerned with the life, work and philosophy of G. I. Gurdjieff, which forms an accessible introduction to the Greek-Armenian mystic.
On a dare from August Derleth, Colin Wilson wrote 'The Mind Parasites', as another tool to take a look at his own ideas (which suffuse all of his works), putting them in the guise of fiction.
Wilson has also published fiction: Many novels, mostly detective fiction or horror fiction, the latter including several Cthulhu Mythos pieces. He has also written extensively about crime and various metaphysical and occult themes.
One of his novels, The Space Vampires, was made into the movie, Life Force.
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