Raymond Henry Williams (31 August 1921 – 26 January 1988) was a 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^[1] and there are many translations available. His work laid the foundations for the field of cultural studies and the cultural materialist approach.

• Pinkney, Tony, editor. Raymond Williams. Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, England: Seren Books, 1991.
• 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. ISBN0-946650-16-0
• 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.

• The Raymond Williams Society
• Museum of Broadcast Communications article about Raymond Williams Archived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Maurice Cowling on Raymond Williams
• Selections from Keywords Archived 2014-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
• Raymond Williams Centre for Recovery Research
• Raymond Williams page at The Literary Encyclopedia
• Raymond Williams Worldcat Identity Archived 2012-09-20 at the Wayback Machine