Wilson Harris

Birthday

1921-03-24 (104 years old)

Place of birth

New Amsterdam, Guyana

Biography

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. Read more