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Kingsley William Amis CBE (1922 - 1995)

Sir Kingsley William Amis CBE
Born in Clapham, South London, Englandmap
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Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married about Jan 1948 (to about 1965) in Oxford Registration District, Oxfordshire, Englandmap
Husband of — married 1965 (to 1983) [location unknown]
Father of
Died at age 73 in London, Englandmap
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English award-winning novelist and poet

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Biography

Notables Project
Kingsley Amis CBE is Notable.

Kingsley's birth was registered in the Apr-May-Jun quarter of 1922 in the Wandsworth district.[1]

A number of portraits are available on the National Portrait Gallery website but none can be used here.

Research Notes

  • knighted in 1990
  • died at St Pancras Hospital, London. Cremated: ashes rest at Golders Green Crematorium

Bibliography

For complete bibliography, please see freespace page

  • Novels
    • c.1948 The Legacy (unpublished)
    • 1954 Lucky Jim
    • 1955 That Uncertain Feeling
    • 1958 I Like It Here
    • 1960 Take a Girl Like You
    • 1963 One Fat Englishman
    • 1965 The Egyptologists (with Robert Conquest)
    • 1966 The Anti-Death League
    • 1968 Colonel Sun: a James Bond Adventure (pseud. Robert Markham)
    • 1968 I Want It Now
    • 1969 The Green Man

Sources

  1. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales Birth Index"
    FreeBMD Entry Information (accessed 10 April 2024)
    Amis, Kingsley W. (Mother's maiden name: Lucas).
    GRO Reference: 1922 Apr-May-Jun in Wandsworth Volume 1d Page 1068.

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Johnson-43462 Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear
Ros, Kingsley's very remarkable son Martin Amis has just passed away.Martin was born 25 Aug 1949, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England and he died 19 May 2023, Florida, U.S.A.

Edited to add his b. and d.

posted by Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear
edited by Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear

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