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Martin Amis

Writing

Born August 25, 1949 · Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Died May 19, 2023

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Biography

Sir Martin Louis Amis FRSL (August 25, 1949 – May 19, 2023) was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, and screenwriter. He is best known for his novels Money (1984) and London Fields (1989). He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his memoir Experience and was twice listed for the Booker Prize (shortlisted in 1991 for Time's Arrow and longlisted in 2003 for Yellow Dog).

Awards & recognition

  • National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism · 2001
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize · 2000
  • Best of Young British Novelists · 1983
  • Somerset Maugham Award · 1974
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
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  • Booker Prize · 2003 · nominated
  • Booker Prize · 1991 · nominated

Filmography9 titles

The Zone of Interest

2023In Memory Of, Novel

The Meaning of Hitler

2021as Self

Saturn 3

1980Screenplay

Good Posture

2019as Self

Out of Blue

2019Novel

London Fields

2018as Julian Neat

The Rachel Papers

1989Novel

Money

Original Story

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution

2017as Self - Writer