Kingsley Amis
English novelist, poet, critic and teacher (1922-1995)
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Kingsley Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher who lived from 1922 to 1995 and became one of the most prominent literary figures of his era. He matters because his sharp wit, satirical novels, and influential criticism shaped mid-twentieth-century British literature and continue to be studied and read today.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 16 April 1922
- Died
- 22 October 1995
- Works
- 205
Top works
- Possible Tomorrows
- the anti - death league
- one fat englishman
- ONE FAT ENGLSHMAN
- The Riverside Villas murder
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Writing
Known for
- The Return of the Green Man — Self1990
- Split Screen1986
- Tell Me Lies — Party Guest1968
- Omnibus1967
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- Type
- Person
- Active from
- 1922-04-16
- Active to
Article
Sir Kingsley William Amis (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). 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. He was the father of the novelist Martin Amis. Amis was knighted in 1990.
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1922 births1995 deaths20th-century British letter writers20th-century British memoirists20th-century English essayists20th-century English historians20th-century English male writers20th-century English memoirists20th-century English novelists20th-century English poets20th-century English short story writers20th-century pseudonymous writers