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Angus Wilson

British author (1913-1991) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 77

Sir Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson was an English novelist and short story writer. He was one of England's first openly gay authors. He was awarded the 1958 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot and later received a knighthood for his services to literature.

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1991Died31 May 19911983Honorary Doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle UniversityAward1980Knight BachelorAward1968Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1958James Tait Black Memorial PrizeAward1913Born11 August 1913

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