Kingsley William Amis (1922-04-16)16 April 1922 Clapham, London, England
Died
22 October 1995(1995-10-22) (aged 73) London, England
Occupation
Novelist
poet
critic
teacher
Alma mater
St John's College, Oxford
Period
1947–1995
Genre
Fiction, fictional prose
Literary movement
Angry young men
Spouse
Hilary Ann Bardwell
(m. 1948; div. 1965)
Elizabeth Jane Howard
(m. 1965; div. 1983)
Children
Philip Amis Martin Amis Sally Amis
Sir Kingsley William AmisCBE (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social and literary criticism. He is best known for satirical comedies such as Lucky Jim (1954), One Fat Englishman (1963), Ending Up (1974), Jake's Thing (1978) and The Old Devils (1986).[1]
His biographer Zachary Leader called Amis "the finest English comic novelist of the second half of the twentieth century". In 2008, The Times ranked him ninth on a list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.[2] He was the father of the novelist Martin Amis.
^Norwich, John Julius (1990). Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Arts. USA: Oxford University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0198691372.
^"The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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inspired by Saul Bellow and Vladimir Nabokov, as well as by his father KingsleyAmis. Amis influenced many British novelists of the late 20th and early 21st...
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Martin Amis, leading luminary of the English metropolitan literary world." He drew a connection between Amis and his father (the novelist KingsleyAmis). Eagleton...
Robert Markham is a pseudonym used by author KingsleyAmis to publish Colonel Sun in March 1968. The book was the first continuation James Bond novel...
commissioned or permitted new Bond works to be published. In 1968, KingsleyAmis published Colonel Sun, under the pseudonym "Robert Markham". The company...
Cheltenham Literary Festival, Howard met the novelist KingsleyAmis. Both were married at the time. Amis became Howard's third husband in a marriage that lasted...
The following is a list of primary antagonists in the James Bond novels and film series. Comic strip serials released by the Daily Express between 1958...
also known as Gladsmuir and Gladsmuir House, was the home of novelists KingsleyAmis (1922–1995) and Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014) on the south side...
in the 1950s. The group's leading figures included John Osborne and KingsleyAmis; other popular figures included John Braine, Alan Sillitoe, and John...
Eco 2003, p. 40. Black 2005, p. 19. Fleming & Welsh 2006, p. v. Amis 1966, p. 112. Amis 1966, pp. 111–112. Black 2005, p. 3. Fleming & Higson 2006, p. 227...
were either continuation novels or short stories. The first author was KingsleyAmis, writing under the pseudonym of Robert Markham, who produced one novel...
The Old Devils is a novel by KingsleyAmis, published in 1986. It won the Booker Prize. Alun Weaver, a writer of modest celebrity, returns to his native...
other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelisations: KingsleyAmis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery...
Lucky Jim is a novel by KingsleyAmis, first published in 1954 by Victor Gollancz. It was Amis's first novel and won the 1955 Somerset Maugham Award for...
collections of her adult poetry have been published, Making Cocoa for KingsleyAmis in 1986, Serious Concerns in 1992, If I Don't Know in 2001, Family Values...
he met KingsleyAmis, who encouraged his taste for ridicule and irreverence and who remained a close friend throughout Larkin's life. Amis, Larkin and...
KingsleyAmis (2001) was assembled and edited by the American literary critic Zachary Leader. It is a collection of more than 800 letters from Amis to...
Colonel Sun is a novel by KingsleyAmis published by Jonathan Cape on 28 March 1968 under the pseudonym "Robert Markham". Colonel Sun is the first James...
The Russian Girl is a 1992 comedy novel by KingsleyAmis published by Hutchinson & Co. Set in the early nineties the novel describes in comic detail events...
biography of KingsleyAmis, Richard Bradford devotes a chapter to The Alteration, its origins and context within the author's life. In 1973, Amis had heard...
Take a Girl Like You (2000), a made-for-television drama based on the KingsleyAmis novel and a remake of the 1970 film. Chambers worked as a voice performer...
The James Bond Dossier (1965), by KingsleyAmis, is a critical analysis of the James Bond novels. Amis dedicated the book to friend and background collaborator...
Martin Amis, continued to comment on this subject. Amis is the son of the British novelist, and Larkin's long-standing friend, KingsleyAmis. While primarily...
Johnson. The Anti-Egotist, KingsleyAmis: Man of Letters was a study of the life and work of friend and colleague, KingsleyAmis. The award-winning The Great...
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