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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, various short stories, radio and television scripts, along with works of social and literary criticism. According to his biographer, Zachary Leader, Amis was "the finest English comic novelist of the second half of the twentieth century."

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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, various short stories, radio and television scripts, along with works of social and literary criticism. According to his biographer, Zachary Leader, Amis was "the finest English comic novelist of the second half of the twentieth century."

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    26/11/2014

    KingsleyAmisWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    KingsleyAmis
    FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    SirKingsleyWilliamAmis,CBE(16April1922
    22October1995)wasanEnglishnovelist,poet,critic,
    andteacher.Hewrotemorethan20novels,six
    volumesofpoetry,amemoir,variousshortstories,
    radioandtelevisionscripts,alongwithworksofsocial
    andliterarycriticism.Accordingtohisbiographer,
    ZacharyLeader,Amiswas"thefinestEnglishcomic
    novelistofthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury."
    HeisthefatherofBritishnovelistMartinAmis.[1]

    SirKingsleyAmis
    CBE

    In2008,TheTimesrankedKingsleyAmisninthon
    theirlistofthe50greatestBritishwriterssince
    1945.[2][3]

    Contents
    1Biography
    2Literarywork
    3Personallifeandpoliticalviews

    Born

    KingsleyWilliamAmis
    16April1922
    Clapham,SouthLondon,England

    Died

    22October1995(aged73)
    London,England

    Occupation

    Novelist,poet,critic,teacher

    Nationality

    English

    Period

    19471995

    Genre

    Fiction,fictionalprose

    7Seealso

    Literary
    movement

    AngryYoungMen

    8Notes

    Spouse

    HilaryAnnBardwell(m.1948
    1965,divorced)
    ElizabethJaneHoward(m.1965
    1983,divorced)

    Children

    PhilipAmis
    MartinAmis
    SallyAmis(deceased)

    4Family
    5Partialbibliography
    5.1Poetry
    5.2Fiction
    5.3Nonfiction
    5.4Editor
    6PoetsinTheAmisAnthology:APersonal
    ChoiceofEnglishVerse(1988)

    9References
    10Externallinks

    Biography

    KingsleyAmiswasborninClapham,southLondon,thesonofWilliamRobertAmis,amustard
    manufacturer'sclerkintheCityofLondonandhiswifeRosaAnnie,neLucas.[4]Hewasraisedin
    Norburyinhislaterestimation"notreallyaplace,it'sanexpressiononamap[]reallyIshouldsayI
    camefromNorburystation".[5]HewaseducatedattheCityofLondonSchoolonascholarship,afterhis
    firstyear,andinApril1941wasadmittedtoSt.John'sCollege,Oxford,alsoonascholarship,wherehe
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