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The word Outsider may refer to one of several things: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary logo Wiktionary is a sister project to Wikipedia intended to be a free wiki dictionary (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ...

Larry Niven Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938) is a US science fiction author. ... Known Space is the fictional setting of many of Larry Nivens science fiction stories. ... If youre looking for the TV show, see The Apprentice. ... Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. ... Outsider is a film produced in 1997 in Slovenia by director Andrej Kosak. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Outsider is a non-fiction book by Colin Henry Wilson first published in 1956. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Colin Henry Wilson (born June 26, British writer. ... The Stranger, also translated as The Outsider, (the original French version is called L’Étranger) (1942) is a novel by Albert Camus. ...

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsider_(Colin_Wilson) The Outsider is a song from A Perfect Circles album Thirteenth Step. ... The Outsiders may refer to: The Outsiders (novel), by S. E. Hinton, and the movie and TV series based on the novel The Outsiders (comics), a superhero series published by DC Comics The Outsiders (Known Space), a fictional species of aliens in Larry Nivens Known Space series The Outsiders...


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Outsider art - definition of Outsider art in Encyclopedia (1619 words)
The phrase Outsider Art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for Art Brut, a term originated by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside of the boundaries of official culture, particularly the art of the insane.
Those labelled as Outsider Artists are typically self-taught, often employing unique materials or techniques; they have little or no contact with the institututions of the mainstream art world; they are frequently on the social margins, in many cases having been diagnosed as mentally ill. Much Outsider Art illustrates extreme mental states or unconventional ideas.
Outsider art, or at least the art world's reaction to it, can be seen as part of a larger milieu of rejection of established values.
Article from PHILOSOPHY PATHWAYS Issue 18 (1606 words)
In l956 Wilson's Outsider was an overnight success, and later went into twelve impressions, the youthful looking 26 year-old was hailed by the critics as a new Lord Byron.
The Outsider began life as a commentary on the ideas of Ritual in the Dark which was not published until l960 four years later.
I lost contact with my Siberian outsider after the 1991 putsch in the Soviet Union when he wrote to tell me he had given a speech in the main square of Novosibirsk to support Yeltsin.
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