Kingsley Amis: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Eric Jacobs, Kingsley Amis (1995); Richard Bradford, Lucky Him: The Biography of Kingsley Amis (2001); Zachary Leader, The Life of Kingsley Amis (2006); Neil Powell, Amis & Son: Two Literary Generations (2008).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Apr 12, 2026
Anniversary information added. Oct 18, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 12, 2024
Changed article title from "Sir Kingsley Amis" to "Kingsley Amis." Aug 02, 2019
Modified link of Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Kingsley Amis. Aug 02, 2017
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of Kingsley Amis. Dec 22, 2016
Add new Web site: All Poetry - Biography of Kingsley Amis. Dec 22, 2016
Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Biography of Kingsley Amis. Jan 24, 2016
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Kingsley Amis - From angry young man to old devil. Jan 20, 2016
Add new Web site: The Telegraph - Sir Kingsley Amis. Jan 08, 2016
Add new Web site: Independent - Obituary: Sir Kingsley Amis. Jan 08, 2016
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Kingsley Amis, Novelist, Is Dead at 73; Angry Young Man Turned Moral Satirist. Jan 08, 2016
Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biography of Kingsley Amis. Jan 06, 2016
Added photograph. May 23, 2012
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Sir Kingsley Amis. May 04, 2012
Bibliography updated. Nov 05, 2008
Bibliography revised and updated. May 27, 2008
Added new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Sir Kingsley Amis. Nov 14, 2007
Article revised. Dec 21, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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