Sir Kingsley Amis

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Knight Bachelor human literary critic novelist poet university teacher

Sir Kingsley Amis was a prominent 20th-century British novelist, poet, and critic, best known for his comic novel "Lucky Jim" and his influential role in postwar English literature.

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instanceOf Knight Bachelor ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
awardReceived Booker Prize ⓘ
Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
James Tait Black Memorial Prize ⓘ
Somerset Maugham Award ⓘ
birthName Sir Kingsley Amis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kingsley William Amis
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
child Martin Amis ⓘ
Philip Amis ⓘ
Sally Amis ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth 1922-04-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1995-10-22 ⓘ
educatedAt City of London School ⓘ
St John’s College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Swansea University ⓘ
surface form: University College of Swansea
familyName Amis ⓘ
fieldOfWork fiction ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
genre comic novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
givenName Kingsley ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced Martin Amis ⓘ
contemporary British comic novelists ⓘ
influencedBy Anthony Powell ⓘ
P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryService British Army ⓘ
movement Angry Young Men ⓘ
name Sir Kingsley Amis self-link ⓘ
surface form: Kingsley Amis
notableFor comic treatment of postwar British academic life ⓘ
role in postwar English literature ⓘ
notableWork Colonel Sun ⓘ
Ending Up ⓘ
I Like It Here ⓘ
Lucky Jim ⓘ
New Maps of Hell ⓘ
One Fat Englishman ⓘ
Take a Girl Like You ⓘ
That Uncertain Feeling ⓘ
The Alteration ⓘ
The Anti-Death League ⓘ
The Green Man ⓘ
The King’s English ⓘ
The Old Devils ⓘ
placeOfBirth Clapham, London, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
positionHeld lecturer in English at University College of Swansea ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
Swansea ⓘ
surface form: Swansea, Wales
spouse Elizabeth Jane Howard ⓘ
Hilary Bardwell ⓘ

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Arnold Bennett → influenced → Sir Kingsley Amis ⓘ
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City of London School → hasNotableAlumnus → Sir Kingsley Amis ⓘ
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Lincoln College, Oxford → hasAlumni → Sir Kingsley Amis ⓘ
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Martin Amis → father → Sir Kingsley Amis ⓘ
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Golders Green Crematorium → notableBurial → Sir Kingsley Amis ⓘ
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Somerset Maugham Award → notableRecipient → Sir Kingsley Amis ⓘ
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The Old Devils → author → Sir Kingsley Amis ⓘ
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Victor Gollancz Ltd → published → Sir Kingsley Amis ⓘ
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Angry Young Men → notableAuthorAssociated → Sir Kingsley Amis ⓘ
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