![]() ![]() His 1991 novel, “Time’s Arrow,” and 2014’s “The Zone of Interest,” explored the Holocaust. He was the son of English novelist Kingsley Amis, according to Penguin.Īs a writer engaged with current events and key historical moments, Amis’ work tackled big issues and questions, Penguin said, including “The Second Plane,” his collection of essays and stories about the events of September 11, 2001. His publishing company remembered him as a “novelist, essayist, memoirist, critic and stylist supreme who, for 40 years, bestrode the world of UK publishing,” the statement said.Īmis was born August 25, 1949, in Oxford, England. “For so many people of my generation, Martin Amis was the one: the coolest, funniest, most quotable, most beautiful writer in the British literary firmament,” his former editor, Dan Franklin, said in a Penguin statement announcing Amis’ death. ![]() Salman Rushdie says 'attack on books' in Florida 'has never been more dangerous' (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America) Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for PEN America ![]() NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Honoree Salman Rushdie speaks on stage at the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History on in New York City. ![]()
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