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A Late Child: The Fiction of Angus Wilson
Robert Cremins remembers the “tattered humanism” of the fine, now sadly neglected, English novelist Angus Wilson.
IN THE SPRING of 1991, I was a student in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. The course, the first of its kind in Britain, had been started in 1970 by the novelists Malcolm Bradbury and Angus Wilson, both of whom had been impressed with the burgeoning discipline on visits to American universities. There was — and would remain — a lot of British skepticism about the workshop approach to writing, but UEA proved to be an excellent bridgehead for this new kind of graduate program.
Two decades later, the UEA course had become known for such significant alumni as Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro, and distinguished teachers such as Angela Carter and Rose Tremain. Bradbury was still very much at the helm, but the retired Wilson — now Sir Angus Wilson — was something of a ghost in the program, at least for us students. In the fall, at the dinner celebrating the course’s 20th anniversary, Malcolm had said, with typ
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Angus Wilson
Born
in Bexhill, Sussex, England, The United KingdomAugust 11, 1913
Died
May 31, 1992
Website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Wilson
Genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories
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Sir Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson, KBE (11 August 1913 – 31 May 1991) was an English novelist and short story writer. 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.
Wilson was born in Bexhill, Sussex, England, to an English father and South African mother. He was educated at Westminster School and Merton College, Oxford, and in 1937 became a librarian in the British Museum's Department of Printed Books, working on the new General Catalogue. During World War II, he worked in the Naval section Hut 8 at the code-breaking establishment, Bletchley Park, translating Italian Naval codes.
The work situation was stressful and led to a nervous breakSir Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson, KBE (11 August 1913 – 31 May 1991) was an English novelist and short story wri
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Angus Wilson
British author (1913–1991)
Sir Angus Wilson CBE | |
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| Born | Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson[1] (1913-08-11)11 August 1913[2] Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex,[2] England |
| Died | 31 May 1991(1991-05-31) (aged 77)[2] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk,[2] England |
| Resting place | West Suffolk Crematorium, Risby, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, United Kingdom |
| Education | Westminster School |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford |
| Period | 1949–1986 |
| Notable works | Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1956) The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot (1958) |
| Notable awards | James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1958) CBE (1968) Knight Bachelor (1980) |
| Partner | Tony Garrett |
Sir Angus Frank Johnstone-Wilson, CBE (11 August 1913 – 31 May 1991) was an English novelist and short story writer. He was one of England's first openly gay authors.[3] 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.[4]
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