Acclaimed author Martin Amis is dead

At the age of 73, the British writer Martin Amis died. Celebrated and popular with the tabloid press, he left behind a wide range of works.

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Martin Amis shaped British literature in the 1980s and 1990s with his dark novels full of humour. In his books, he criticized the distinctive tabloid culture and the exuberant consumption of people. On May 19, 2023, the acclaimed author passed away at the age of 73 at his home in Lake Worth, Florida. His private life was also widely celebrated in the tabloid press.

On May 19, the acclaimed British author Martin Amis died of complications from cancer. © agefotostock/Imago

Martin Amis: Cause of death cancer

His wife, the writer Isabel Fonseca, cited esophageal cancer as the cause of death, as reported by Spiegel Online. Amis' close friend Christopher Hitchens also died of this disease in 2011.

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Martin Amis: His novels in the right order

Amis has published a total of 15 novels, including his highly acclaimed memoir "Experience" (2000), non-fiction, and collections of essays and short stories. In his later work, he dealt intensively with the crimes of Stalin, the war on terror and the legacy of the Holocaust.

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He is best known for his London novel trilogy consisting of "Money: A Suicide Note" (1985), "London Fields" (1990 – promotional link) and "The Information" (1995). In addition to his memoirs, this trilogy is considered his most representative and admired work.

• The Rachel Diary, 1973
• Dead Babies, 1975
• Success, 1978
• The Others, 1981
• Greedy (Money: A Suicide Note, 1984)
• London Fields, 1989
• Time's Arrow (1991)
• Information (The Information, 1995)
• Night Train, 1997
• The Main Things (Experience, 2000)
• Yellow Dog, 2003
• House of Meetings (2006)
• The Pregnant Widow (2010)
• State of England, 2011
• The Zone of Interest (2014)
• Inside Story, 2020

Martin Amis: A year for the first novel

Martin Amis was born in Oxford in 1949 and studied there, where he graduated in English in 1971. After studying at Oxford, Amis worked in various journalistic and literary positions in London. In 1972 he began as an assistant editor for the literary supplement of The Times and was promoted to editor of fiction and poetry two years later. In 1975, he joined the editorial board of The New Statesman magazine, and at the age of 27 he took the position of literary editor.

"The Rachel Papers", his first novel, he wrote at night and on weekends. He had given himself a year to do so. If it didn't work out, he would have considered an academic career, according to Spiegel Online.

Martin Amis: The most dazzling author of post-war literature

The tabloid press found the private life of Martin Amis extremely noteworthy. Especially his relationships with well-known young women were often taken up. The press was also very fond of reporting on his lunches with colleagues Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes and others. This led some fellow writers to believe that they were on the sidelines and not there.

In 1984, Martin Amis tied the knot with Antonia Phillips, a widowed philosophy teacher from Boston. They had two sons, Louis and Jacob. In the same year, Amis published his novel "Money", which was included in the list of the "100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present" by "Time magazine". After the divorce, Amis remarried in 1998.

According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, he was an author who longed for great material and deep feelings. England has lost an outstanding writer.