William Wilson - Literature

Literature

  • William Wilson (poet) (1801–1860), Scottish-American poet, bookseller and publisher
  • William E. Wilson (writer) (1906–1988), American author and professor
  • William Scott Wilson (born 1944), author and translator of samurai literature

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