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Kingsley Amis won the 1986 Booker for The Old Devils, which is considered by many, including his son and fellow author Martin, to be his masterpiece. Do people ever really grow up? These old devils are just as they have always been, but trapped in a slowly aging body.
Leben. Kingsley Amis war der Sohn eines Angestellten und damit nach britischem Verständnis der unteren Mittelklasse zugehörend. Nach dem Besuch der City of London School studierte Amis Anglistik in Oxford und war nach seiner Militärzeit als Leutnant beim Royal Corps of Signals (Fernmeldekorps) von 1948 bis 1961 Englisch-Dozent an der Universität in Swansea und von 1961 bis 1963 an der ...
20 apr 2022 · Entrambi del ’22 – Sir Kingsley è nato il 16 aprile –, sono stati amici e hanno amato la stessa donna, Hilary Ann Bardwell, la prima moglie di Amis. In una recente autobiografia romanzata, Inside Story (2020), Martin Amis, romanziere altrettanto celebrato e non diversamente in disarmo, suppone di non essere il figlio di Kingsley, bensì di Philip.
16 apr 2007 · Zachary Leader’s “The Life of Kingsley Amis” (Pantheon; $39.95) is a better biography than many bigger writers have had: detailed, sympathetic, unsparing without being unkind.
17 mag 2018 · Kingsley Amis. Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) became one of Britain's most daring and acclaimed new writers with the 1954 publication of his debut novel, Lucky Jim. Amis went on to write nearly two dozen more novels, as well as scores of other works, including discourses on science fiction, the detective novel, the English language, and even ...
Kingsley Amis. Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English poet, academic, novelist, and teacher. Amis was considered an anti-authority revolutionary, as well as one of the "angry young men" of the 1950s (though he denied his participation). In time some came to consider him a reactionary.
Kingsley Amis. Kingsley William Amis ( Londres, 16 de abril de 1922- Londres, 22 de octubre de 1995) 1 fue un escritor, crítico literario y profesor británico. Escribió más de veinte novelas, tres recopilaciones de poesía, historias cortas, guiones para radio y televisión y libros de crítica social y literarias.
