Kingsley Amis

Kingsley Amis was a reputed novelist from England, who was famous for writing fiction, humor, and horror novels. He was also a well known critic, poet, and teacher. Amis had written over 20 novels, numerous short stories, a memoir, 6 poetry volumes, scripts for television and radio, literary and social criticism works, etc. in his career. He was regarded as the finest comic novelist of the English language in 20th century’s second half by his biographer Zachary Leader. Renowned writer Martin Amis is the son of author Amis. He was ranked at the 9th position in the list of top 50 greatest writers of England since 1945 by The Times in 2008. Author Amis was born as Kingsley William Amis in Clapham, London on April 16, 1922. His father, William Amis, used to work as a clerk in London. Amis was brought up in Norbury. He received his early education from the London City School. In 1941, Amis joined the St John’s College in Oxford on the basis of a scholarship and studied English. It was during this time that Amis came across Philip Larkin and formed a solid bond of friendship with him. During the same year, author Amis became a member of Great Britain’s Communist Party. The next year, he served for the Royal Corps for a brief period and then returned to obtained his degree from Oxford. In 1946, Amis met his first wife Hilary Baldwell and married her in 1948. Immediately after, the couple became the parents of three children, Philip, Martin, and Sally.