Raymond Williams

1921 - 1988

Country of citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: Trinity College, King Henry VIII School Abergavenny

Occupation: philosopher, novelist, writer, professor, sociologist, literary critic, literary historian, literary scholar

Award received: honorary doctorate

Influenced by: Henrik Ibsen

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Raymond Henry Williams (31 August 1921 – 26 January 1988) was a Welsh socialist writer, academic, novelist and critic influential within the New Left and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the media and literature contributed to the Marxist critique of culture and the arts. Some 750,000 copies of his books were sold in UK editions alone, and there are many translations available. His work laid foundations for the field of cultural studies and cultural materialism. Source: Wikipedia (en)