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Kingsley Amis
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Kingsley Amis

British Comic Novelist and Poet
Kingsley Amis

Sir Kingsley William Amis

Age

73

Born

Sunday 16 Apr 1922

Died

22 Oct 1995

Kingsley Amis
Bio Details

Full name

Sir Kingsley William Amis

Gender

Male

Age

73

Date of birth

Sunday 16 Apr 1922

Birth place

Clapham, South London, England, UK

Date of death:

22 Oct 1995

Place of death

St Pancras Hospital, London, England, UK

Occupations

Poet

Critic

Visiting Fellow

Academic (1949)

Novelist (1954)

Fellow (1961 - 1963)

Education

City of London School, London, England, United Kingdom

Oxford University : St John's College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (1941 - 1947)

Kingsley Amis published 24 novels across his career including a James Bond sequel entitled Colonel Sun published under the pseudonym Robert Markham.  He won the Man Booker prize for Fiction in 1986 for The Old Devils and was knighted in 1990.
Kingsley was great friends with the poet Philip Larkin whom he had met at Oxford University

Partners of 
Kingsley Amis

Elizabeth Jane Howard CBE

Divorced

married 1965
divorce 1980

Hilly Boyd

Divorced

3 children together

married 1948
divorce 1965

Kingsley Amis Children

Philip Amis

born 1948 (ca.), age 75 (ca.)
with Hilly Boyd

First Son of Author Kinglsey Amis

Martin Amis

born 1949, died 2023, age 73
with Hilly Boyd

British Author

Sally Amis

born 1954, died 2000, age 46 (approx.)
with Hilly Boyd

Daughter of Author Kingsley Amis

Kingsley Amis Partner(s) Other Children

Trivia

Kingsley Amis Family

Kingsley Amis's parents:

Kingsley Amis's father was William Amis Kingsley Amis's mother was Rosa Amis


Kingsley Amis's children:

Kingsley Amis's son was Martin Amis Kingsley Amis's son is Philip Amis Kingsley Amis's daughter was Sally Amis


Kingsley Amis's former partners:

Kingsley Amis's former wife was Elizabeth Jane Howard CBE Kingsley Amis's former wife was Hilly Boyd


Kingsley Amis's grandparents:

Kingsley Amis's grandfather was George Lucas Kingsley Amis's grandmother was Jemima Lucas Kingsley Amis's grandfather was Joseph Amis Kingsley Amis's grandmother was Mary Amis


Kingsley Amis's grandchildren:

Kingsley Amis's granddaughter is Delilah Jeary Kingsley Amis's grandson is Louis Amis Kingsley Amis's grandson is Jacob Amis Kingsley Amis's granddaughter is Fernanda Amis Kingsley Amis's granddaughter is Clio Amis


Kingsley Amis's great grandchildren:

Kingsley Amis's great grandson is Isaac Jeary


Kingsley Amis's uncles and aunts:

Kingsley Amis's uncle was James Amis


Kingsley Amis's in laws:

Kingsley Amis's daughter in law is Isabel Fonseca


Kingsley Amis's former in laws:

Kingsley Amis's former grandfather in law was Arthur Somervell Kingsley Amis's former father in law was David Howard Kingsley Amis's former mother in law was Kit Howard Kingsley Amis's former grandmother in law was Edith Somervell Kingsley Amis's former brother in law is Colin Howard Kingsley Amis's former brother in law is Robin Howard Kingsley Amis's former wife Elizabeth Jane Howard CBE's aunt in law was Antonia Somervell Kingsley Amis's former wife Elizabeth Jane Howard CBE's uncle in law was Ronald Somervell Kingsley Amis's former wife Elizabeth Jane Howard CBE's uncle in law was Hubert Somervell Kingsley Amis's former father in law was Leonard Bardwell Kingsley Amis's former daughter in law is Antonia Chancellor