Kingsley Amis (1922–1995)
Auteur van Lucky Jim
Over de Auteur
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 toon meer 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) toon minder
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Werken van Kingsley Amis
A Kingsley Amis Omnibus [Jake's Thing / Stanley and the Women / The Old Devils] (1980) 26 exemplaren
Dear Philip, Dear Kingsley: Starring Alan Bennett & Robert Hardy (BBC Radio Collection) (2002) 6 exemplaren
Take A Girl Like You [1970 film] — Screenwriter — 4 exemplaren
Harold's Years: Impressions from the "New Statesman" and "The Spectator" (1977) — Redacteur — 4 exemplaren
Hemingway in Space [short fiction] 4 exemplaren
Colllected letters 2 exemplaren
Mason's Life [short fiction] 2 exemplaren
Journey Into the Past 2 exemplaren
Who Or What Was It? 1 exemplaar
Amis Kingsley 1 exemplaar
Yasli Kurtlar 1 exemplaar
Conversations 1 exemplaar
A Look Round the Estate Poems 1957-1967 1 exemplaar
Something Strange 1 exemplaar
I Like it Here and That Uncertain Feeling 1 exemplaar
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A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (2009) — Medewerker — 365 exemplaren
The war of the worlds, The time machine, and selected short stories (1963) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 155 exemplaren
Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz" (1950) — Voorwoord, sommige edities — 149 exemplaren
The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories (1972) — Medewerker, sommige edities — 119 exemplaren
De man die niet vroeg waarom en twintig andere vreemde verhalen (1971) — Voorwoord, sommige edities; Medewerker — 42 exemplaren
Lucky Jim [1957 film] — Original book — 3 exemplaren
The Green Man [1990 TV series] — Original book — 2 exemplaren
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Amis, Kingsley William
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Markham, Robert (pseudonym)
- Geboortedatum
- 1922-04-16
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1995-10-22
- Graflocatie
- Golders Green Crematorium, London, England
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Clapham, Wandsworth, London, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- St Pancras Hospital, London, England, UK
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- stroke
- Woonplaatsen
- London, England, UK
Wales, UK - Opleiding
- Oxford University (BA|1949| St John's College)
City of London School - Beroepen
- Writer
- Relaties
- Amis, Martin (son)
- Organisaties
- Angry Young Men
Communist Party of Great Britain
Royal Corps of Signals - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1961)
Order of the British Empire (Commander) (1981)
Knight Bachelor (1990)
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A classic armchair mystery, THE RIVERSIDE VILLAS MURDER has for its hero a 14-year-old boy, Peter Furneaux.
Like all 14 year olds he is hovering hopefully on the brink between sexual inexperience and initiation, and in this book, under our very eyes, Peter suddenly becomes an adult!
A crime, truly murderous, is committed by an unknown and almost unidentifiable assailant. Only Peter begins to guess at the truth--a dangerous truth--which leads him to the river bank by moonlight. A delightful book, and as with all works by Kingsley Amis, guaranteed to please.… (meer)
Like all 14 year olds he is hovering hopefully on the brink between sexual inexperience and initiation, and in this book, under our very eyes, Peter suddenly becomes an adult!
A crime, truly murderous, is committed by an unknown and almost unidentifiable assailant. Only Peter begins to guess at the truth--a dangerous truth--which leads him to the river bank by moonlight. A delightful book, and as with all works by Kingsley Amis, guaranteed to please.… (meer)
Onderhoudend verhaal van gesjeesde assistent (Middeleeuwse) geschiedenis die met ongeveer alles wat kan "klungelt". Af en toe best leuk, maar na 100 bladzijden begon het echt te vervelen.
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United Kingdom (1)
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- 17,705
- Populariteit
- #1,245
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
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- ISBNs
- 505
- Talen
- 15
- Favoriet
- 35
Erg interessant is het boek in feite niet. Toch was net dat misschien de bedoeling. Een groep onlangs gepensioneerden te beschrijven die terugkeerden naar hun streek van herkomst na een carrière in London. Behalve onbenullige gesprekjes over persoonlijke bekommernissen voeren de personages geen enkel diepzinnig gesprek. Hun leven bestaat nog nauwelijks uit meer dan zuipen.
Een opvallend thema is de Welse identiteit. De Welse cultuur en de taal wordt geminacht en is nog slechts een eigenaardigheid waar men mee te koop loopt. Ook hier weer is de vraag of dit de opvatting van de schrijver zelf is.… (meer)