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Martin Amis
English novelist (–)
For the landscape and documentary photographer, see Martin Amis (photographer).
Sir Martin Louis AmisFRSL[1] (25 August – 19 May ) was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter and critic. He is best known for his novels Money () and London Fields (). He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his memoir Experience and was twice listed for the Booker Prize (shortlisted in for Time's Arrow and longlisted in for Yellow Dog). Amis was a professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing from until [2] In , The Times named him one of the 50 greatest British writers since [3]
Amis's work centres on the excesses of "late-capitalist" Western society, whose perceived absurdity he often satirised through grotesque caricature. He was portrayed by some literary critics as a master of what The New York Times called "the new unpleasantness".[4]
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A School of London: a trilogy - Softcover
A SCHOOL OF LONDON: A TRILOGY. (SIGNED)
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Martin Amis, Author of &#;London Fields&#; and &#;Money,&#; Dies at 73
Martin Amis, the British author known for novels including Money, London Fields and The Information, has died. He was
His wife, writer Isabel Fonseca, told The New York Times that Amis died Friday at his home in Lake Worth, Florida, following a battle with esophageal cancer.
The news comes as Jonathan Glazer&#;s bio The Zone of Interest, which loosely adapts Amis&#; novel of the same name, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday to enthusiastic response.
Other film adaptations of his work include the feature London Fields that starred Billy Bob Thornton, Amber Heard, Jim Sturgess, Theo James, Jason Isaacs and Cara Delevingne. Amis co-wrote the film&#;s screenplay that was based on his mystery novel.
Born in Oxford, England, on August 25, , Amis attended Exeter College at the University of Oxford. His first novel, The Rachel Papers (), won the Somerset Maugham Award.
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