Amis was best known for his 1984 novel Money and his 1989 novel London Fields. He delighted, provoked, inspired, and outraged readers of his fiction, reportage, and memoirs across a literary career that set off like a rocket and went on to dazzle, streak and burn for almost 50 years.
Amis was shortlisted for the Booker prize for his 1991 novel Time's Arrow, and longlisted for his 2003 novel Yellow Dog. In 2000, he received the James Tait Black memorial prize for his memoir, Experience.
Upon his death, tributes poured in from writers and politicians worldwide. Amis was described as a 'princeling writer, fully serious, always careless, sometimes hurtful' by novelist Anne Enright.
A limited number of free tickets for the celebration are available for the public. The event, to be held at St Martin-in-the-Fields church on June 10th, will feature tributes and readings from Amis's work.
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