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Angus Wilson |
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11th August 1913 |
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Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK |
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Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson (August 11, 1913-1991) was a British novelist and short story writer. He 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 Merton College, Oxford, and became a librarian at the British Museum in 1937. His first publication was a collection of short stories, The Wrong Set (1949). His writing has a strongly satirical vein. Several of his books have been adapted for television.
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- Such Darling Dodos (1950)
- Hemlock and After (1952)
- Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1956)
- The Old Men at the Zoo (1961)
- Late Call (1965)
- No Laughing Matter (1967)
- As If By Magic (1973)
- Setting the World on Fire (1980)
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