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Birth Name:

Kingsley Amis

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Apr 16, 1922

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Clapham Junction, England, United Kingdom

Age:

102

Zodiac Sign:

Aries

Astrology Data:

Sun

25°

Ari

40'

About Kingsley Amis

Sir Kingsley William Amis CBE (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social and literary criticism. He is best known for satirical comedies such as Lucky Jim (1954), One Fat Englishman (1963), Ending Up (1974), Jake's Thing (1978) and The Old Devils (1986). His biographer, Zachary Leader, called Amis "the finest English comic novelist of the second half of the twentieth century." He is the father of the novelist Martin Amis. In 2008, The Times ranked him ninth on a list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Kingsley Amis at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

• "Kingsley Amis in the Great Tradition and in Our Time," by Robert H. Bell, Williams College. Introduction to Critical Essays on Kingsley Amis, ed. Robert H. Bell, New York: G.K. Hall, 1998.

• Guardian Books "Author Page", with profile and links to further articles.

• Michael Barber (Winter 1975). "Kingsley Amis, The Art of Fiction No. 59". The Paris Review.

• "The Serious Comedian", by Tom Chatfield, Prospect Magazine, a review of Zachary Leader's biography.

• "The old devil" – article on Amis by Mark Steyn in The New Criterion

• The Amis Inheritance—Profile on Martin and Kingsley Amis by Charles McGrath from New York Times Magazine (22 April 2007).

• Kingsley Amis Collection at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

• Kingsley Amis Literary Estate

• Portraits of Kingsley Amis at the National Portrait Gallery, London

• "Archival material relating to Kingsley Amis". UK National Archives.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Kingsley Amis: Sun 25 Aries, Moon 25 Sagittarius, Mercury 16 Aries, Venus 12 Taurus, Mars 22 Sagittarius, Jupiter 12 Libra, Saturn 2 Libra, Uranus 12 Pisces, Neptune 13 Leo, Pluto 8 Cancer, Sun Trine Mars, Mercury Opposition Jupiter, Sun Semi Square Uranus, Mercury Trine Neptune, Venus Quincunx Jupiter, Venus Sextile Uranus, Venus Square Neptune, Jupiter Quincunx Uranus, Jupiter Sextile Neptune, Jupiter Square Pluto, Uranus Quincunx Neptune, Uranus Trine Pluto

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