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Kingsley Amis

KingsleyAmis, the author of Lucky Jim, was born in the south of London in 1922. His first interest in literature was in the field of poetry. At the age of eleven he was writing verse, at the university he was one of the editors of Oxford Poetry 1949, and his own poetry has been published in two books: A Frame of Mind and A Case of Samples. His name is often to be seen in British newspapers and magazines as the writer of articles and reviews.
Lucky Jim, published in 1954, was Amis's first novel. It was something so different, so fresh and so brilliantly clever that the critics welcomed it with excitement.
Kingsley Amis is a university lecturer in English. In Lucky Jim he takes us into a world he knows well; it is set in a university college ' somewhere in England', but you need not have seen a British university to enjoy this book.

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English novelist, poet, critic and teacher (1922-1995)

Born 16 April 1922
Died 22 October 1995

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  • Cover of: The Amis collection: selected non-fiction, 1954-1990

    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Amis, The Collected Poems of Kingsley

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  • Cover of: The Ant-Death League

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  • Cover of: case of samples : poems 1946-1956.

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  • Cover of: Colonel Sun; a James Bond adventure

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  • Cover of: Conversations with Kingsley Amis

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  • Cover of: The Darkwater Hall mystery

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English novelist, poet, critic and teacher (1922-1995)

Born 16 April 1922
Died 22 October 1995

Subjects

British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, Fiction, general, Science fiction, Fiction in English, England, fiction, English poetry, Alcoholic beverages, English fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Man-woman relationships, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Amis, kingsley, 1922-1995, English literature, Fiction, science fiction, general, Poetry (poetic works by one author), American Science fiction, American fiction, British, English Humorous poetry, English Science fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, short stories (single author), Humor, form, essays, James Bond (Fictitious character)

Places

Great Britain, England, Athens (Greece), Greece, Commonwealth countries, London, Oxford (England), Portugal, South England, Toledo, United States

People

Ian Fleming (1908-1964), Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), Father Time, Kingsley Amis, Kingsley Amis (1922-)

Time

20th century, 1945-, 1957-1967, 19th century, mid 1960's

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Alternative names

  • Kingsley Amis, Robert Markham
  • Robert Markham
  • Robert (Kingsley Amis) Markham
  • kingsley amis
  • Amis,Kingsley
  • AMIS,Kingsley
  • Kingsley (Ed.) Amis
  • Kingsley (Editor) Amis
  • Kingsley (Chosen by) Amis

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August 31, 2023 Edited by Dirk_P_Broer dates of birth and death
May 23, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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