Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1955) Winner
Kingsley Amis
キングズリー・アミス
Kingusurī Amisu
Aliases:
Sir Kingsley William Amis
Pen Names:
Robert Markham（Pseudonym for James Bond novel Colonel Sun）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1922-04-16 （Clapham, London, England）
- Died
- 1995-10-22 （London, England） age 73
- Nationality
- British, English
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Atheism
- Residence History
- Norbury → Berkhamsted → Swansea → Cambridge → London
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Critic, Teacher
- Active Years
- 1947-1995
- Affiliations
- University College of Swansea, Peterhouse, Cambridge
- Influenced By
- Philip Larkin
- Influenced
- Martin Amis
- Nominations
- Booker Prize shortlist (Ending Up, 1974), Booker Prize shortlist (Jake's Thing, 1978)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's College, Oxford | English | English | First-class honours | 1941-1945 | United Kingdom |
St John's College, Oxford
English
/ English
Degree:
First-class honours
Period:
1941-1945
Year of Graduation:
1947
Country:
United Kingdom
Scholarship
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Somerset Maugham Award | Lucky Jim | 小説 | — | 受賞 |
| 1986 | Booker Prize | The Old Devils | 小説 | — | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Knight Bachelor | — | — | British Monarchy | 叙勲 |
Somerset Maugham Award
1955
Work:
Lucky Jim
Category:
小説
Result:
受賞
Booker Prize
1986
Work:
The Old Devils
Category:
小説
Result:
受賞
Knight Bachelor
1990
Organization:
British Monarchy
Result:
叙勲
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lucky Jim
1954 Satirical novel 256 pagesSatirical comedy about university lecturer Jim Dixon's misadventures.
Satire of academiaEveryday happiness
Translations
- Translated into 20 languages
Bibliography
- Lucky Jim (1954)
- The Old Devils (1986)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- SatiricalComicCampus novel
- Recurring Motifs
- Religious doubtEveryday happinessDrinking
Health
-
Heavy drinking晩年Health decline, loss of wit
Legacy
Finest English comic novelist of the second half of the 20th century.
Archives
- Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin
In Popular Culture
- Literary legacy with son Martin Amis
Trivia
- Close friend of Philip Larkin
- Former Communist, left in 1956
- Wrote James Bond novel under pseudonym