“Now and then I become conscious of having the reputation of being one of the great drinkers, if not one of the great drunks, of our time”
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Kingsley Amis
Sir Kingsley William Amis 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 biographe…
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culture · English author, critic and teacher (1922–1995) · science fiction writer · poet · short story writer · novelist · literary critic · writer · journalist · screenwriter · autobiographer · university teacher · also Kingsley Amis, Sir Kingsley William Amis, Kingsley William Amis, Amis
Born 16 April 1922 · Died 22 October 1995 · Q220078
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2023· 1 entry
The Guardian: Martin Amis, era-defining British novelist, dies aged 73
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2021· 1 entry
The Guardian: 'A poem about a dream': Wendy Cope on Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis
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2018· 1 entry
The Guardian: Colonel Sun: is Kingsley Amis's Bond novel the weirdest of all?
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2017· 1 entry
The Guardian: Kingsley Amis was spied on – but he’s in the best literary company
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2015· 1 entry
New Republic: Is Today’s Literary Culture Macho Enough for Kingsley Amis?
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2012· 1 entry
Hyperallergic: Booze Muse: Kingsley Amis, the Laureate of Hangovers
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2008· 2 entries
The Times ranked him ninth on a list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945
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The Times ranked Amis 13th on its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945
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1995· 2 entries
Died 1995-10-22.
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“A bad review may spoil your breakfast, but you shouldn't allow it to spoil your lunch.”
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Cholmondeley Award (1990).
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded Booker Prize for The Old Devils (1986).
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1977· 1 entry
Awarded John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for The Alteration (1977).
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1968· 1 entry
Moved with Howard to Lemmons, a house in Barnet, north London
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1967· 1 entry
Amis, Robert Conquest, John Braine, and several other authors signed a letter to The Times titled "Backing for U
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1965· 1 entry
Hilary and Amis separated in August and he went to live with Howard, divorcing Hilary and marrying Howard in 1965.
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1963· 2 entries
Hilary discovered that Amis was having an affair with the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard
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Intent on moving to Majorca, although he actually moved no further than London
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1961· 1 entry
But regretted the move within a year, finding Cambridge an academic and social disappointment
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1956· 1 entry
In view of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's denunciation of Joseph Stalin in his speech "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences"
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1955· 1 entry
Awarded Somerset Maugham Award (1955).
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1948· 1 entry
After she became pregnant with their first child, Philip
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1947· 1 entry
Had decided by then to give much of his time to writing
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1940· 1 entry
The Amises moved to Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
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1922· 1 entry
Born 1922-04-16.
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