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Portrait of Martin Amis Photo: Peter Peitsch (1998) / www.peitschphoto.com

Amis, Martin

Country/Region:
United Kingdom, USA
Born:
August 25, 1949
Dead:
May 19, 2023
Genres:
Miscellaneous prose
Martin Amis was the son of author Kingsley Amis and his wife Hilary. He had a younger sister, Sally, and an older brother, Philip. Kingsley Amis was a doctoral student in Oxford when Martin was born. In the fifties and sixties the family moved between different university towns where Kingsley lectured. The parents divorced when Martin was twelve.

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