Colin Wilson Writer

Colin Henry Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was a prolific English writer who first came to prominence as a philosopher and novelist. He also wrote widely on true crime, mysticism and the paranormal. Wilson called his philosophy "new existentialism" or "phenomenological existentialism", and maintained his life work "that of a philosopher, and (his) purpose to create a new and optimistic existentialism.”

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Alias (AKA)	Wilson Colin Henry
Birth date	June 26, 1931
Birth place	Leicester , United Kingdom
Date of death	December 05, 2013
Place of death	Cornwall

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Writer

Career start	1956
Career end	2013
genre	Non-fiction
influenced	Gary Lachman
influenced by	George Bernard Shaw
movement	Angry young men
notable work	The Outsider (Colin Wilson)