Robert Anton Wilson

Robert Anton Wilson is one of those rare writers I keep returning to. Trained at a technical high school and an engineering-minded university, he could have been a tidy rationalist, yet he chose instead to make a career out of blurring the line between earnest philosophy and elaborate prank. His Discordian mischief and conspiracy-laced fiction earned him a Prometheus Award Hall of Fame nod, but what I admire most is his refusal to let any reader sit comfortably inside a single worldview. He destabilizes you, makes you laugh, then makes you think. That is a rare and generous kind of intelligence.

Name (English)

Robert Anton Wilson

Name (Japanese)

ロバート・アントン・ウィルソン

Reading

ろばーと・あんとん・うぃるそん

Born

January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Monkey

Origin

Flatbush, New York, United States

Occupation

writer / novelist / philosopher / essayist / playwright

High school

Brooklyn Technical High School

University

New York University Tandon School of Engineering

Awards & achievements

• 1986 Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.rawilson.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Anton%20Wilson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314215

Tags

• New York
• writer
• novelist
• philosopher

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.