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{{Infobox philosopher
|region = Western philosophy
|era    = 20th-century philosophy
|image  = Raymond_Williams_At_Saffron_Walden.jpg
|image_size = 250px
|caption    = Raymond Williams at Saffron Walden
|birth_name  = Raymond Henry Williams
|birth_date  = 31 August 1921
|birth_place = [[Llanfihangel Crucorney]], [[Wales]]
|death_date  = {{Death date and age|1988|01|26|1921|08|31|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Saffron Walden]], [[Essex]], [[England]]
|school_tradition = [[Western Marxism]]
|main_interests   =
|notable_ideas    = [[Cultural materialism (cultural studies)|Cultural materialism]]
}}
'''Raymond Henry Williams''' (31 August 1921 &ndash; 26 January 1988) was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] academic, [[novelist]] and [[critic]].

He was an important person in the [[New Left]] movement and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the mass media and literature are 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<ref>Politics and Letters: Interviews with New Left Review</ref> and there are many translations available. His work laid the foundations for the field of [[cultural studies]] and the [[Cultural materialism (cultural studies)|cultural materialist]] approach.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Pinkney, Tony, editor. ''Raymond Williams''. Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, England: Seren Books, 1991.
* [[Politics and Letters: Interviews with New Left Review|Politics and Letters]] (London, New Left Books, 1979) gives the author's own account of his life and work
* Smith, Dai. ''Raymond Williams: A Warrior's Tale''. Cardigan: Parthian, 2008.
* Stevenson, Nick. ''Culture, Ideology, and Socialism: Raymond Williams and E.P. Thompson''. Aldershot, England: Avebury, 1995.
*Tredell, Nicolas. ''Uncancelled Challenge: the work of Raymond Williams''. Nottingham: Paupers' Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0-946650-16-0}}
* Ward, J. P.  ''Raymond Williams'' in the [[Writers of Wales]] series.  [[University of Wales]] Press, 1981.
* Williams, Daniel, editor. ''Who Speaks for Wales?: Nation, Culture, Identity'', Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2003.

==Other websites==
*[http://www.raymondwilliams.co.uk The Raymond Williams Society]
*[http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/W/htmlW/williamsray/williamsray.htm Museum of Broadcast Communications article about Raymond Williams] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922135530/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/W/htmlW/williamsray/williamsray.htm |date=2013-09-22 }}
*[http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Raymond-Williams-in-retrospect-5615 Maurice Cowling on Raymond Williams]
*[http://pubpages.unh.edu/~dml3/880williams.htm Selections from ''Keywords''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130140515/http://pubpages.unh.edu/~dml3/880williams.htm |date=2014-01-30 }}
*[http://www.ntu.ac.uk/hum/centres/english/raymond_williams.html Raymond Williams Centre for Recovery Research]
*[http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4736 Raymond Williams page at ''The Literary Encyclopedia'']
*[http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80-36657 Raymond Williams Worldcat Identity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920020510/http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80-36657 |date=2012-09-20 }}


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