A twentieth-century British Writer, poet, educator, and literary critic, he is best remembered for his humorous novels. His most famous works include Lucky Jim and That Uncertain Feeling.
He studied at St. John's College, Oxford and served briefly in World War II.
He was associated with the Angry Young Men literary movement of the 1950s.
He had three children, Margin, Sally and Philip, with his first wife, Hilary Bardwell, before leaving her for his second wife, Elizabeth Jane Howard.
He and W.H. Auden served as editors of different editions of the same British poetry anthology.
