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Wilson Harris

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Guyanese writer (1921-2018)

WritersLived 1921 to 2018 · aged 96
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Sir Theodore Wilson Harris was a Guyanese writer. He initially wrote poetry, but subsequently became a novelist and essayist. His writing style is often said to be abstract and densely metaphorical, and his subject matter wide-ranging.

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Awards 4

2014Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
2010Knight Bachelor
1973Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

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Sir Theodore Wilson Harris was a Guyanese writer. He initially wrote poetry, but subsequently became a novelist and essayist. His writing style is often said to be abstract and densely metaphorical, and his subject matter wide-ranging. Harris is considered one of the most original and innovative voices in postwar literature in English. While he had a substantial impact on early post-colonial thought, his work is somewhat obscure today.

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deceased
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Lived 1921 to 2018 · aged 96
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