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Kingsley Amis. Sir Kingsley William Amis CBE (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.
Apr 12, 2024 · Kingsley Amis (born April 16, 1922, London, England—died October 22, 1995, London) was a novelist, poet, critic, and teacher who created in his first novel, Lucky Jim, a comic figure that became a household word in Great Britain in the 1950s. Amis was educated at the City of London School and at St. John’s College, Oxford (B.A., 1949).
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Kingsley Amis. Poet, novelist, and critic Kingsley Amis was born in London, England in 1922. Amis’s father William was a clerk at Colman’s Mustard, earning the family a position among the lower middle class. Amis, an only child, characterized his childhood as bland and insular. At the age of 11, he had his first story published in the ...
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- October 22, 1995
- April 16, 1922
- Lucky Jim.
- The Old Devils.
- The Green Man.
- The Alteration.
Oct 23, 1995 · Sir Kingsley Amis, the prolific British novelist, poet and critic, died yesterday at St. Pancras Hospital in London. He was 73 and lived in London. The Associated Press reported that he had been ...
Apr 23, 2022 · Amis began hectoring younger talents and calling himself a “senior writer”. As he approached 60 in the late 1970s, his comforts fell away. Howard moved out with a stinging note: “You are not ...
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A novelist, poet and satirist, he wrote more than twenty novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, various short stories, as well as literary criticism. In 2008, the Times ranked Kingsley Amis 13th on their list of the 50 greatest British authors since 1945. He is the father of the acclaimed British novelist Martin Amis. The Old Devils.
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