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A. N. Wilson

British poet, biographer, critic, journalist writer and newspaper columnist (1950-) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers

Andrew Norman Wilson is an English writer and newspaper columnist known for his critical biographies, novels and works of popular history. He has written more than 30 books of non-fiction and more than 20 works of fiction.

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1989E. M. Forster AwardAward1982Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAward1981Somerset Maugham AwardAward1950Born27 October 1950

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E. M. Forster Award1989
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature1982
Somerset Maugham Award1981
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

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He is an occasional columnist for the Daily Mail, and a former columnist and literary editor for the London Evening Standard. He has been an occasional contributor to The Times Literary Supplement, New Statesman, The Spectator and The Observer.

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Born 1950 · age 76