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Martin Amis

Also known as

Martin Louis AmisMARTIN AMISMartin AMIS

Martin Louis Amis (25 August 1949 – 19 May 2023) was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter and critic. He is best known for his novels *Money* (1984) and *London Fields* (1989). He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his memoir *Experience* and was twice listed for the Booker Prize (shortlisted in 1991 for *Time's Arrow* and longlisted in 2003 for *Yellow Dog).* Amis was a professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing from 2007 until 2011. In 2008, *The Times* named him one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.

Born 1949-01-01

Died 2023-01-01

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL4728950A
  • ISNI0000000121280011
  • VIAF36913662
  • WikidataQ310176
  • Goodreads11337

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Books by Martin Amis

Total count: 254