2023-05-20 20:44:28
“He was one of the most acclaimed and commented authors of the last 50 years,” said the institution of the prestigious British literary prize.
His wife, writer Isabel Fonseca told The New York Times and The Guardian that the author of ‘Money, Money’ (1984) and ‘London Fields’ (1989) died of esophageal cancer .
His death occurred the day of the presentation at Cannes of a film inspired by his book “The Zone of Interest” (2014), which bears the same name and was directed by Jonathan Glazer.
Set in Auschwitz, the novel tells the story of a Nazi officer who fell in love with the wife of the commandant of the extermination camp.
The “area of interest” was the term used by the Nazis to describe the 40 square kilometer area surrounding the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Born in 1949 in Wales, Martin Amis redefined British fictional literature of the 80s and 90s with dark and biting novels.
He notably wrote a book on the tragedy of September 11, entitled “The second plane”, bringing together articles, short stories and essays.
The Briton, who has written around ten novels, was twice nominated for the Booker Prize in 1991 for “The Arrow of Time” and in 2003 for “Chien Jaune”.
In 2008, the Times named him one of the fifty greatest British writers since 1945.
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