Martin Amis
British novelist (1949-2023) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 73
Sir Martin Louis Amis was an English novelist, essayist, memoirist, screenwriter and critic. 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.
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Stanley Donen Directed Saturn 3 (1980)
Jonathan Glazer Directed The Zone of Interest (2023)- Alexander Mackendrick Directed A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
Len Blavatnik Produced The Zone of Interest (2023)
Tessa Ross Produced The Zone of Interest (2023)
Damian Harris Directed The Rachel Papers (1989)
Ewa Puszczyńska Produced The Zone of Interest (2023)
Carol Morley Directed Out of Blue (2019)
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Amis was a professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing from 2007 until 2011. In 2008, The Times named him one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
