Raymond Williams, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Raymond Williams

British cultural theorist

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1921

Place of Birth: Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1988

Profession: writer, professor, sociologist, literary critic, philosopher, novelist, literary historian

Nationality: Wales, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Raymond Henry Williams (31 August 1921 – 26 January 1988) was a Welsh Marxist theorist, academic, novelist and critic.
He was an influential figure within the New Left and in wider culture.
His writings on politics, culture, the mass media and literature made a significant contribution to the Marxist critique of culture and the arts.
Some 750,000 copies of his books have sold in UK editions alone and there are many translations available.
His work laid the foundations for the field of cultural studies and the cultural materialist approach.