Harris, Theodore Wilson, Sir, 1921-2018 (Knight, writer)
Dates
- Existence: 1921-
Biography
Sir Theodore Wilson Harris was born in New Amsterdam, Guyana (at that time British Guiana) in 1921. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1959, and his first novel, Palace of the Peacock, was published in the following year. His numerous further novels include those collected as The Guyana Quartet and The Carnival Trilogy, and he has also published short stories, poetry and non-fiction. His last novel, The Ghost of Memory, was published in 2006. Harris, who wrote under the name Wilson Harris and also the pseudonym Kona Waruk, was knighted in 2010. He died in 2018.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Sir Wilson Harris Papers
The collection contains manuscript, typescript and word-processed copies of literary and critical works by Harris; correspondence, including copies of letters from Harris; typescript and word-processed copies of writings by third parties, many concerning Harris and his work or Caribbean literature; miscellaneous documents, including printed matter; personalia and artworks; and audio-visual material in analogue and digital media.
The Ghost of Memory: sketches, drafts and proof of the novel by Wilson Harris
The Ghost of Memory was first published in London by Faber and Faber Limited in 2006, ISBN 9780571232406. This collection consists of Harris's rough sketches and preliminary drafts in manuscript, together with annotated typed and word-processed drafts and a corrected proof.