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Her best-known book, “Het Bittere Kruid” (“Bitter Herbs”), described her experiences as a young woman after the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940.

Her collection “Crime Against Nature,” which recounts her losing custody of her children after she came out, made her a literary star — and a target of conservatives.

She wrote whimsical tales about the little things in a child’s life. “A House Is a House for Me” won a National Book Award.

The author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” he was known for sexually charged novels that captured the suffocating absurdity of life in his native Czechoslovakia.

His best novels, charged with a distrust of authority, retain their sweep and power.

Our critic assesses the achievement of Martin Amis, Britain’s most famous literary son.

Our critic assesses the achievement of Martin Amis, Britain’s most famous literary son.

The acclaimed British novelist was also an essayist, memoirist and critic of the first rank.

The acclaimed British novelist was also an essayist, memoirist and critic of the first rank.