Angus Wilson

Sir

Angus Wilson

BornAngus Frank Johnstone-Wilson[1]
(1913-08-11)11 August 1913[2]
Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex,[2] England
Died31 May 1991(1991-05-31) (aged 77)[2]
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk,[2] England
Resting placeWest Suffolk Crematorium, Risby, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, United Kingdom
EducationWestminster School
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
Period1949–1986
Notable worksAnglo-Saxon Attitudes (1956)
The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot (1958)
Notable awardsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize (1958)
CBE (1968)
Knight Bachelor (1980)
PartnerTony 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]

  1. ^ Guide to the Angus Wilson Papers. Biographical Note. Archived 6 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa, accessed 8 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Sir Angus Wilson". The Times. 3 June 1991. p. 16. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. ^ Gerstner, David A. (2006). Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. p. 615. ISBN 0-415-30651-5.
  4. ^ MacKay, Marina (8 January 2001). "Sir Angus Wilson". The Literary Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.

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