1. William Lewis was born on 1 August 1953 and is an English artist, story-teller, poet and mythographer.
18 Facts About Bill Lewis
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Bill Lewis was a founder-member of The Medway Poets and of the Stuckists art group.
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Bill Lewis attended Westborough Secondary Modern School and left in 1968 with no qualifications.
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Bill Lewis spent a year unloading trucks in Chiesmans department store in Maidstone, then in 1976 he had a nervous breakdown, attempted suicide and spent three months in Crossfield psychiatric ward, West Malling.
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Bill Lewis knew Tracey Emin and helped edit her short stories for her first book, Six Turkish Tales.
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Bill Lewis read and published work on the theme of Human Rights.
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Bill Lewis has been featured prominently in all the key Stuckist shows.
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The last of these readings was at a festival in Willimantic, Connecticut, where Lewis appeared on stage with Claribel Alegria, Naomi Ayala and Luis J Rodriguez.
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Bill Lewis was one of the thirteen "leading Stuckists" in the Go West exhibition at Spectrum London gallery in October 2006.
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Bill Lewis has had a solo show at the Rochester International Photography Festival.
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Bill Lewis exhibited some of his latest paintings in their shows.
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In 2017 Bill Lewis become a member of COLONY: A Community of Artists.
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In 2020 Bill Lewis had some of his poems translated into Italian by Silvia Pio and they were published in the online magazine 'Margutte' Read it here: [1].
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Bill Lewis often uses symbols in his work, frequently imagery from Jewish, Christian and Pagan traditions.
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Bill Lewis said of his painting, God Is an Atheist: She Doesn't Believe in Me:.
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Bill Lewis has published seven books of poetry and three of short stories; he has made five reading tours in the United States and one in Nicaragua.
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Bill Lewis's writing is included in The Green Man, World Fantasy Award winner, as well as The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 1997 and 1998.
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In 2011 Bill Lewis was published by Greenheart Press and his first book with them 'In The House of Ladders' is a book of poems which contains six black and white prints by the author.