Colin Wilson (1) (1931–2013)
Autore di The Outsider
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Colin Wilson was born on June 26, 1931 in Leicester, England. He attended a local technical school, where he did well in physics and chemistry, and left at 16 to work in a wool factory. Before becoming a writer, he worked as a laboratory assistant, tax clerk, laborer and hospital porter. His first mostra altro book, The Outsider, was published in 1956 when he was 24 years old. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 100 works on a wide variety of subjects including philosophy, religion, occult and supernatural phenomenea, music, sex, crime and critical theory. His other works include Religion and the Rebel, The Age of Defeat, Ritual in the Dark, The Strength to Dream, Origins of the Sexual Impulse, The Occult, Alien Dawn, Dreaming to Some Purpose, The Angry Years: The Rise and Fall of the Angry Young Men, and Super Consciousness. His biographies include works on Bernard Shaw, David Lindsay, Herman Hesse, Wilhelm Reich, Jorge Luis Borges, Ken Russell, Rudolph Steiner, Aleister Crowley, and P. D. Ouspensky. Wilson died on December 5, 2013 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) Colin Wilson, author of such bestsellers as "The Outsider" & "The Occult", also writes on archaeology, astronomy, & cosmology. His recent book, "From Atlantis to the Sphinx", was a London "Times" bestseller. (Publisher Provided) mostra meno
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Opere di Colin Wilson
Manhunters : criminal profilers and their search for the world's most wanted serial killers (1891) 18 copie
Existentially Speaking: Essays on Philosophy of Literature (I.O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy and Criticism of… (1989) 11 copie
Scandal!: An Explosive Exposé of the Affairs, Corruption and Power Struggles of the Rich and Famous (2007) 6 copie
Phänomene des Unbekannten Rätsel des Universums; Übersinnliche Kräfte; Vampire, Geister und Phantome; Ufos und… (2007) 4 copie
Mysteries van leven en dood 2 copie
GALAXIS SCIENCE FICTION, Band 17: VAMPIRE AUS DEM WELTRAUM: Geschichten aus der Welt von Morgen - wie man sie sich… (2019) 2 copie
Introducing the Occult: selected introductions, prefaces, forewords and afterwords of Colin Wilson (2023) 2 copie
Hunting Serial Killers: Criminal Profilers and Their Search for the World's Most Wanted Manhunters (2023) 2 copie
Fantasmas e o Sobrenatural 1 copia
Poetry and Mysticism, Part I 1 copia
Evolutie en verlichting : een onderzoek naar het occulte, het paranormale en het bovennatuurlijke (1982) 1 copia
The Death of God and Other Plays: WITH The 'Metal Flower Blossom', 'Necessary Doubt' AND… (2008) 1 copia
Fiction 1928-1935 1 copia
Fiction. 1917-1927 1 copia
Wired Spirits 1 copia
Colin Wilson’s ‘Occult Trilogy’ 1 copia
El Mensaje oculto de la esfinge 1 copia
Opere correlate
Disinformation Guide to Ancient Aliens, Lost Civilizations, Astonishing Archaeology & Hidden History (2013) — Collaboratore — 45 copie
Science Fiction Writers: Critical Studies of the Major Authors From the Early Nineteenth Century to the Present Day (1982) — Collaboratore — 33 copie
The Last Books of H.G. Wells: The Happy Turning: A Dream of Life; and, Mind at the End of its Tether (1946) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 32 copie
Delusion: Aliens, Cults, Propaganda and the Manipulation of the Mind (2009) — Introduzione — 4 copie
To anger the devil : an account of the work of exorcist extraordinary the Reverend Dr. Donald Omand (1978) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 3 copie
Gnostica: Knowledge for the Aquarian Age, Vol. 5 #1, Whole Number 37 (1975) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Gnostica News, Volumes 1 & 2 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Wilson, Colin Henry
- Data di nascita
- 1931-06-26
- Data di morte
- 2013-12-05
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Gorran Haven, Cornwall, England, UK
Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Paris, France - Istruzione
- Gateway Secondary Technical School
- Attività lavorative
- philosopher
novelist - Relazioni
- Wilson, Damon (son)
- Organizzazioni
- Royal Air Force
Utenti
Discussioni
The Outsider by Colin Wilson, A David Bowie Top 100 Read in 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (Febbraio 2017)
Colin Wilson 1931-2013 in The Weird Tradition (Dicembre 2013)
Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 218
- Opere correlate
- 38
- Utenti
- 12,386
- Popolarità
- #1,893
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 125
- ISBN
- 855
- Lingue
- 22
- Preferito da
- 18