Kingsley Amis (1922–1995)
Author of Lucky Jim
About the Author
Kingsley Amis is generally considered one of the "angry young men" of the 1950s. He was born in London in 1922 and educated at the City of London School. He received a degree in English language and literature from St. John's College, Oxford, in 1947. Until 1961 Amis lectured in English at show more University College, Swansea, and for the following two years at Cambridge. In 1947 Amis published his first collection of poems, Bright November. Frame of Mind followed in 1953 and Poems: Fantasy Portraits in 1954. His first novel, Lucky Jim (1954), established his reputation as a writer. He followed with That Uncertain Feeling (1956), and I Like It Here (1958). A longtime James Bond devotee, Amis wrote a James Bond adventure after the death of Ian Fleming in 1964. Amis's study of the famous spy was titled The James Bond Dossier (1965). Amis received the Booker Prize for the Old Devils (1986). Amis's later works include Memoirs (1990), and The King's English, a collection of essays on the craft of writing well. Amis was knighted in 1990. He died in 1995. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Kingsley Amis
Dear Philip, Dear Kingsley: Starring Alan Bennett & Robert Hardy (BBC Radio Collection) (2002) 6 copies
Take A Girl Like You [1970 film] — Screenwriter — 4 copies
Journey Into the Past 2 copies
Colllected letters 2 copies
Mason's Life [short fiction] 2 copies
Who Or What Was It? 1 copy
Conversations 1 copy
Something Strange 1 copy
Amis Kingsley 1 copy
Associated Works
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (2009) — Contributor — 370 copies, 18 reviews
The war of the worlds, The time machine, and selected short stories (1978) — Foreword, some editions — 158 copies
Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz" (1973) — Foreword, some editions — 155 copies, 3 reviews
Rejser i tid og rum : en bog om science fiction (1973) — Author, some editions — 12 copies, 1 review
Lucky Jim [1957 film] — Original book — 3 copies
The Green Man [1990 TV series] — Original book — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Amis, Kingsley William
- Other names
- Markham, Robert (pseudonym)
- Birthdate
- 1922-04-16
- Date of death
- 1995-10-22
- Burial location
- Golders Green Crematorium, London, England
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Clapham, Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- Place of death
- St Pancras Hospital, London, England, UK
- Cause of death
- stroke
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Wales, UK - Education
- Oxford University (BA|1949| St John's College)
City of London School - Occupations
- writer
author
novelist
university lecturer
army officer (WWII)
college teacher (Wales) (show all 8)
poet
critic - Relationships
- Amis, Martin (son)
Howard, Elizabeth Jane (second wife)
Larkin, Philip (friend)
Conquest, Robert (friend) - Organizations
- Angry Young Men
Communist Party of Great Britain
Royal Corps of Signals - Awards and honors
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1961)
Order of the British Empire (Commander) (1981)
Knight Bachelor (1990)
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Folio Society (1)
Best Satire (1)
Favourite Books (1)
My TBR (2)
Nifty Fifties (1)
United Kingdom (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Best Spy Fiction (1)
Booker Prize (3)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 101
- Also by
- 45
- Members
- 18,000
- Popularity
- #1,222
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 362
- ISBNs
- 508
- Languages
- 15
- Favorited
- 35