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Date of Birth
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24-March-1921
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Place of Birth
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New Amsterdam
(Guyana, East Berbice-Corentyne)
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Nationality
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Guyana, United Kingdom
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Also know as
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Theodore Wilson Harris, Sir Theodore Wilson Harris
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Profession
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Writer, Novelist, Essayist
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Sir Theodore Wilson Harris is a Guyanese writer. He initially wrote poetry, but has since become a well-known 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.
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