Kingsley Amis

Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 – October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than twenty novels, three collections of poetry, short stories, radio and television scripts, and books of social and literary criticism. He is the father of English novelist Martin Amis.

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Kingsley Amis was born in London, educated at the City of London School and St. John's College, Oxford, where he met Philip Larkin, forming the most important friendship of his life. After serving in the army's Royal Corps of Signals, he completed university in 1947, and was a lecturer in English at the University of Wales Swansea (1948?61), and Cambridge (1961?63).

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