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Influential British author Martin Amis has died at his home in Lake Worth, Fla., of esophageal cancer. He was 73.
His agent, Andrew Wiley, and his publisher, Vintage Books, confirmed his death on Saturday.
„It’s hard to imagine a world without Martin Amis in it,“ said his U.K. editor Michal Shavit, in a statement shared with NPR. „He has been so important and formative for so many readers and writers over the last half century. Every time he published a new book it was an event. He will be remembered as one of the greatest writers of his time and his books will stand the test of time alongside some of his favourite writers: Saul Bellow, John Updike, and Vladimir Nabokov.“
Over a career spanning more than 40 years, Amis became one of the world’s leading literary celebrities, known best for novels including Money, The Information and London Fields that came to define British life in the late 20th century. He published 15 novels as well as a memoir, short stories, screenplays and works of nonfiction.
Many of his titles, including the debut novel he wrote while working as an editorial assistant at The Times Literary Supplement, 1973’s The Rachel Papers, were adapted for the screen.
