AMIS, SIR KINGSLEY


Meaning of AMIS, SIR KINGSLEY in English

born April 16, 1922, London, Eng.

died Oct. 22, 1995, London

British novelist, poet, critic, and teacher.

His first novel, Lucky Jim (1954; film, 1957), was a hugely successful comic masterpiece. He was often characterized as an Angry Young Man , a label he rejected. Notable among his more than 40 books (including four volumes of poetry) are the mordantly humorous novels That Uncertain Feeling (1955; film, Only Two Can Play , 1962), The Green Man (1959; film, 1957), Jake's Thing (1978), and The Old Devils (1986, Booker Prize). He was the father of Martin Amis .

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