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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.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- (54.3K)
- October 22, 1995
- April 16, 1922
- Lucky Jim.
- The Old Devils.
- The Green Man.
- The Alteration.
Learn about the life and career of Kingsley Amis, a poet, novelist, and critic who wrote humorous but biting satire of British society and culture. Explore his novels, such as Lucky Jim, The Old Devils, and The Alteration, and his poetry, such as The Poems of Kingsley Amis.
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.
Apr 23, 2022 · “Kingsley’s novels”, says Martin Amis in his memoir “Experience”, “seemed to me in moral retreat.” Yet just when he had been written off, he was saved by his friends.
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...
