Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1974) Winner
Martin Amis
マーティン・アミス
Mātin Amisu
Pen Names:
Henry Tilney（Pen name used for reviewing science-fiction novels）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1949-08-25 （Oxford）
- Died
- 2023-05-19 （Lake Worth Beach, Florida） age 73
- Nationality
- British, English
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Agnosticism
- Residence History
- Oxford → Mallorca → Swansea → Princeton, New Jersey → London → Uruguay → Brooklyn, New York → Florida
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, essayist, critic, screenwriter, professor
- Active Years
- 1973-2023
- Affiliations
- Literary editor of New Statesman, Professor of Creative Writing at University of Manchester
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
- Influenced By
- Saul Bellow, Vladimir Nabokov, Kingsley Amis
- Influenced
- Will Self, Zadie Smith
- Nominations
- Booker Prize shortlist (1991, Time's Arrow), longlist (2003, Yellow Dog)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter College, Oxford | — | English | Bachelor of Arts (First-Class Honours) | 1968-1971 | United Kingdom |
Exeter College, Oxford
English
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts (First-Class Honours)
Period:
1968-1971
Year of Graduation:
1971
Country:
United Kingdom
Graduated with congratulatory first-class honours
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Somerset Maugham Award | The Rachel Papers | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 2000 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Experience | 伝記 | University of Edinburgh | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Knight Bachelor | — | — | British Monarchy | 叙勲 |
Somerset Maugham Award
1974
Work:
The Rachel Papers
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
2000
Work:
Experience
Category:
伝記
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
受賞
Knight Bachelor
2023
Organization:
British Monarchy
Result:
叙勲
Awards & Nominations
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 82 (2000) Winner
Works
Major Works
Money
1984 SatireA satire of Thatcherite amorality and greed following ad man John Self.
CapitalismGreedEntropy
Adaptations
- [TV series] Money (2010)
- [Film]
Translations
Bibliography
- Full list on Wikipedia
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Ironic detachmentBaroque sentence structuresPostmodern narrative experimentation
- Recurring Motifs
- Excesses of late capitalismGrotesque caricatureEntropy
Health
-
Oesophageal cancer晩年Cause of death; lifelong smoker.
Legacy
One of the greatest British writers since 1945 per The Times; revitalized comic novel.
In Popular Culture
Quotes
-
Nuclear weapons repel all thought.
Source: Einstein's Monsters (1987)
Trivia
- Son of Kingsley Amis.
- Father lectured at Princeton while he lived there as child.