Wilson Harris (1) (1921–2018)
Autor(a) de Palace of the Peacock
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About the Author
Wilson Harris was born Theodore Wilson Harris in New Amsterdam, Guyana on March 24, 1921. He passed the surveying examination in 1942 and worked as a land surveyor for almost 15 years. He joined a government surveying expedition into the Cuyuni River area in the north of Guyana. He moved to England mostrar mais in 1959. His first novel, Palace of the Peacock, was published in 1960. He wrote a total of 26 novels during his lifetime including Resurrection at Sorrow Hill, Jonestown, The Dark Jester, and The Ghost of Memory. He was knighted in 2010. He died on March 8, 2018 at the age of 96. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Wilson Harris
Associated Works
Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction (2000) — Contribuidor — 80 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Harris, Theodore Wilson
- Outros nomes
- Kona Waruk
Sir Wilson Harris - Data de nascimento
- 1921-03-24
- Data de falecimento
- 2018-03-08
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Guyana
- Local de nascimento
- New Amsterdam, British Guiana
- Local de falecimento
- Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
- Causa da morte
- natural causes
- Locais de residência
- Georgetown, British Guiana
London, England, UK
Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK - Educação
- Queen's College, Guyana
- Ocupações
- poet
novelist
short-story writer
essayist
land surveyor - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Knight Bachelor (2010)
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 37
- Also by
- 3
- Membros
- 533
- Popularidade
- #46,708
- Avaliação
- 3.3
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 73
- Línguas
- 2