Kingsley Amis (1922–1995)
Autor(a) de Lucky Jim
About the Author
Kingsley Amis is generally considered one of the "angry young men" of the 1950s. He was born in London in 1922 and educated at the City of London School. He received a degree in English language and literature from St. John's College, Oxford, in 1947. Until 1961 Amis lectured in English at mostrar mais University College, Swansea, and for the following two years at Cambridge. In 1947 Amis published his first collection of poems, Bright November. Frame of Mind followed in 1953 and Poems: Fantasy Portraits in 1954. His first novel, Lucky Jim (1954), established his reputation as a writer. He followed with That Uncertain Feeling (1956), and I Like It Here (1958). A longtime James Bond devotee, Amis wrote a James Bond adventure after the death of Ian Fleming in 1964. Amis's study of the famous spy was titled The James Bond Dossier (1965). Amis received the Booker Prize for the Old Devils (1986). Amis's later works include Memoirs (1990), and The King's English, a collection of essays on the craft of writing well. Amis was knighted in 1990. He died in 1995. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Kingsley Amis
A Kingsley Amis Omnibus [Jake's Thing / Stanley and the Women / The Old Devils] (1980) 26 exemplares
Dear Philip, Dear Kingsley: Starring Alan Bennett & Robert Hardy (BBC Radio Collection) (2002) 6 exemplares
Take A Girl Like You [1970 film] — Screenwriter — 4 exemplares
Harold's Years: Impressions from the "New Statesman" and "The Spectator" (1977) — Editor — 4 exemplares
Hemingway in Space [short fiction] 4 exemplares
Only Two Can Play [1962 film] — Writer — 3 exemplares
Colllected letters 2 exemplares
Mason's Life [short fiction] 2 exemplares
Journey Into the Past 2 exemplares
I Like it Here and That Uncertain Feeling 1 exemplar
A Look Round the Estate Poems 1957-1967 1 exemplar
Something Strange 1 exemplar
Amis Kingsley 1 exemplar
Conversations 1 exemplar
Who Or What Was It? 1 exemplar
Associated Works
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (2009) — Contribuidor — 364 exemplares
The war of the worlds, The time machine, and selected short stories (1963) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 155 exemplares
Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz" (1950) — Prefácio, algumas edições — 149 exemplares
The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories (1972) — Contribuidor, algumas edições — 118 exemplares
Lucky Jim [1957 film] — Original book — 3 exemplares
The Green Man [1990 TV series] — Original book — 2 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Amis, Kingsley William
- Outros nomes
- Markham, Robert (pseudonym)
- Data de nascimento
- 1922-04-16
- Data de falecimento
- 1995-10-22
- Localização do túmulo
- Golders Green Crematorium, London, England
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Clapham, Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- St Pancras Hospital, London, England, UK
- Causa da morte
- stroke
- Locais de residência
- London, England, UK
Wales, UK - Educação
- Oxford University (BA|1949| St John's College)
City of London School - Ocupações
- Writer
- Relações
- Amis, Martin (son)
- Organizações
- Angry Young Men
Communist Party of Great Britain
Royal Corps of Signals - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1961)
Order of the British Empire (Commander) (1981)
Knight Bachelor (1990)
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Folio Society (1)
Best Satire (1)
Favourite Books (1)
My TBR (2)
Nifty Fifties (1)
United Kingdom (1)
Best Spy Fiction (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
First Novels (1)
Booker Prize (3)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 96
- Also by
- 45
- Membros
- 17,666
- Popularidade
- #1,250
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 360
- ISBN
- 506
- Línguas
- 15
- Marcado como favorito
- 35
Dixon looked out of the side window, and his spirits rose at once at the sight of the darkened countryside moving past him. This ride, unlike most of the things that happened to him, was something he’d rather have than not have. He’d got something he wanted, and whatever the cost in future embarrassment he was ready to meet it. He reflected that the Arab proverb urging this kind of policy was incomplete: to "take what you want and pay for it" it should add "which is better than being forced to take what you don’t want and paying for that." It was one more argument to support his theory that nice things are nicer than nasty ones.… (mais)