The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society and the "senior literary organisation in Britain". It was founded in 1820 by King George IV, in order to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent".
The society's first President was Dr Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St David's (who was later translated as Bishop of Salisbury). The society maintains its current level of about 450 Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature: generally 14 new Fellows are elected annually, who are accorded the privilege of using the post-nominal letters FRSL.
Past Fellows include Samuel Taylor Coleridge, W. B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Koestler and Chinua Achebe. Present Fellows include Antonia Fraser, Athol Fugard, Doris Lessing, V. S. Naipaul, Peter Dickinson, Tom Stoppard, Helen Dunmore and J. K. Rowling. A newly created Fellow inscribes his or her name on the society's official roll using either Byron's pen or Dickens's quill.
The society publishes an annual magazine, The Royal Society of Literature Review,[1] and administers a number of literary prizes and awards, including the Ondaatje Prize, the Jerwood Awards and the V. S. Pritchett Memorial Prize. From time to time it confers the honour and title of Companion of Literature to writers of particular note. Additionally the RSL can bestow its award of the Benson Medal for lifetime service in the field of literature.
The RSL also runs a membership scheme[2] and offers a varied programme of monthly lectures to members and their guests.
The Society is a cultural tenant at London's palatial Somerset House.
Awards and prizes
The RSL administers three annual prizes and two honours. Through its prize programmes, the RSL supports new and established contemporary writers.
- The Jerwood Award (1902) – three annual awards, one of £10,000 and two of £5,000, to authors engaged on their first commissioned works of non-fiction.
- The Ondaatje Prize (1882) – an annual award of £10,000 for a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, evoking the spirit of a place.
- The V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize – an annual prize of £1,000 for the best unpublished short story of the year.
- The Benson Medal – awarded to those who have done sustained and outstanding service to literature.
- Companion of Literature – the highest honour that the Society can bestow upon a writer.
Council and presidents
The Council of the Royal Society of Literature is central to the election of new fellows and directs the RSL's activities through its monthly meetings.
Patron
Queen Elizabeth II
President
Colin Thubron CBE
President Emeritus
Sir Michael Holroyd CBE FRHistS C Lit
Chair of Council
Anne Chisholm
Vice-Presidents
Maureen Duffy
Dr Maggie Gee OBE
The Hon Victoria Glendinning CBE
Sir Ronald Harwood CBE
Baroness James of Holland Park OBE JP
Dame Hilary Mantel DBE
Philip Pullman CBE
Claire Tomalin
Council
Peter Parker, Vice Chair
Robert Binyon, Hon Treasurer
Dr Aminatta Forna
David Harsent
Deborah Moggach
Caroline Moorehead OBE
Professor Blake Morrison
Andrew O'Hagan
Dr Fiona Sampson
Dr Kamila Shamsie
Tamsin Simpson
Dr Ali Smith
Jenny Uglow CBE
Timberlake Wertenbaker
Dr Frances Wilson
Presidents
Fellows
The Royal Society of Literature comprises upto 500 Fellows: they include most of the very best novelists, short-story writers, poets, playwrights, biographers, historians, travel writers, literary critics and scriptwriters at work today.
Nominations: new Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature are elected by its current Fellows. To be nominated for Fellowship, a writer must have published two works of literary merit and nominations must be seconded by an RSL Fellow.
Council Vote: all nominations are presented to members of the Council of the Royal Society of Literature, who vote biannually to elect new Fellows. Nominated candidates who have not been successful are reconsidered at every election for three years from the year in which they were proposed.
Newly elected Fellows are introduced at the Society's AGM and summer party. While the President reads a citation for each, they are invited to sign their names in the roll book which dates back to 1820, using either T. S. Eliot's fountain pen or Byron's pen. In 2013, Charles Dickens's quill was retired and replaced with Eliot's fountain pen.[3]
Current fellows
| Fellow
|
Year of
election
|
| *Julia Abel Smith DL
|
2008
|
| Peter Ackroyd CBE
|
1984
|
| Richard Adams
|
1975
|
| Donald Adamson JP FSA FRHistS
|
1983
|
| Fleur Adcock CNZM OBE
|
1984
|
| Diran Adebayo
|
2006
|
| John Agard
|
2007
|
| Brian Aldiss OBE
|
1990
|
| Keith Alldritt
|
1978
|
| Fergus Allen CB
|
2000
|
| David Almond
|
2011
|
| *David Altaras
|
1996
|
| Martin Amis
|
1983
|
| Mark Amory
|
1996
|
| Carole Angier
|
2002
|
| Simon Armitage CBE
|
2004
|
| Karen Armstrong
|
2005
|
| Bruce Arnold OBE
|
1994
|
| Geoffrey Ashe
|
1963
|
| Michael Asher
|
1996
|
| Rosemary Ashton OBE FBA
|
1999
|
| Nadeem Aslam
|
2010
|
| Diana Athill OBE
|
2001
|
| Kate Atkinson
|
2010
|
| Margaret Atwood CC FRSC C Lit
|
2010
|
| Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE
|
1991
|
| Paul Bailey
|
1999
|
| Sarah Bakewell
|
2012
|
| Michael Baldwin
|
1984
|
| John Banville
|
2007
|
| Richard Barber FSA FRHistS
|
1971
|
| Juliet Barker
|
2001
|
| Pat Barker CBE
|
1995
|
| Correlli Barnett CBE
|
1964
|
| Sebastian Barry
|
2009
|
| Susan Bassnett
|
2007
|
| Jonathan Bate CBE FBA
|
2004
|
| Martin Bax
|
2002
|
| John Bayley CBE FBA
|
1967
|
| Sir Christopher Alan Bayly FBA FRHistS
|
2005
|
| Dame Gillian Beer DBE FBA
|
2006
|
| Antony Beevor
|
1999
|
| Rosalind Belben
|
1999
|
| Anne Olivier Bell MBE
|
1984
|
| Anthea Bell
|
2013
|
| Bernard Bergonzi
|
1984
|
| *James Berry
|
2007
|
| Christopher Bigsby
|
2000
|
| *Robert Binyon
|
2000
|
| Dea Birkett
|
2000
|
| Julia Blackburn
|
2002
|
| Malorie Blackman OBE
|
2009
|
| Sir Quentin Blake CBE RDI
|
2013
|
| Ronald Blythe, Benson Medallist
|
1970
|
| William Boyd CBE
|
1982
|
| Melvyn Bragg (The Lord Bragg DL)
|
1971
|
| Piers Brendon
|
2010
|
| Raymond Briggs
|
1993
|
| Robin Briggs FBA FRHistS
|
1999
|
| Hugh Brogan
|
1987
|
| Anita Brookner CBE
|
1982
|
| Alan Brownjohn
|
1999
|
| James Buchan
|
2001
|
| John Burnside
|
1999
|
| A. S. Byatt (Dame Antonia Byatt DBE)
|
1983
|
| David Cairns CBE
|
2001
|
| Carmen Callil
|
2010
|
| Sir David Cannadine FBA FSA FRHistS
|
1999
|
| John Carey FBA
|
1982
|
| Peter Carey AO
|
1989
|
| Sir Raymond Carr FBA FRHistS
|
1977
|
| Ciaran Carson
|
2013
|
| Miranda Carter
|
2011
|
| Justin Cartwright
|
2002
|
| David Caute JP
|
1998
|
| Glen Cavaliero
|
1986
|
| Hugh Cecil
|
1997
|
| Aidan Chambers
|
2009
|
| Amit Chaudhuri
|
2009
|
| Tracy Chevalier
|
2008
|
| Anne Chisholm
|
1989
|
| Rupert Christiansen
|
1997
|
| Kate Clanchy
|
2010
|
| Susannah Clapp
|
2013
|
| Gillian Clarke
|
2000
|
| John Clay
|
1998
|
| Jonathan Coe
|
2012
|
| Morton N. Cohen
|
1996
|
| Isabel Colegate
|
1981
|
| Linda Colley CBE FBA FRHistS
|
2004
|
| Tony Connor
|
1972
|
| Robert Conquest CMG OBE
|
1972
|
| P. J. Conrad
|
1974
|
| Peter Conradi
|
2010
|
| David Constantine
|
2007
|
| Wendy Cope OBE
|
1992
|
| John Cornwell
|
1985
|
| Frank Cottrell Boyce
|
2012
|
| Jim Crace
|
1999
|
| Kevin Crossley-Holland
|
1998
|
| Anthony Curtis
|
2010
|
| Tony Curtis
|
2000
|
| Rachel Cusk
|
2012
|
| David Dabydeen
|
2000
|
| William Dalrymple FRGS FRAS
|
1995
|
| Richard Davenport-Hines FRHistS
|
2003
|
| Andrew Davies
|
1996
|
| Norman Davies CMG FBA FRHistS
|
2013
|
| Paul Davies
|
1999
|
| Stevie Davies
|
1998
|
| Dick Davis
|
1981
|
| Richard Dawkins FRS
|
1997
|
| Louis de Bernières
|
2006
|
| Alain de Botton
|
2011
|
| Anita Desai, Benson Medallist
|
1978
|
| Imtiaz Dharker
|
2010
|
| Peter Dickinson OBE
|
1999
|
| David Dilks FRHistS
|
1986
|
| Jenny Diski
|
1999
|
| Maura Dooley
|
2006
|
| Roddy Doyle
|
2003
|
| Dame Margaret Drabble DBE
|
1973
|
| Dame Carol Ann Duffy DBE
|
1999
|
| Maureen Duffy FKC, Benson Medallist, Vice President
|
1985
|
| Ian Duhig
|
2006
|
| Katherine Duncan-Jones
|
1991
|
| Helen Dunmore
|
1997
|
| Douglas Dunn OBE
|
1981
|
| Jane Dunn
|
1999
|
| Nell Dunn
|
2004
|
| Geoff Dyer
|
2005
|
| *Umberto Eco
|
1991
|
| David Edgar
|
1985
|
| Max Egremont (The Lord Egremont DL FSA)
|
2001
|
| Anne Enright
|
2010
|
| Sir Richard Evans FBA FRHistS FLSW
|
1999
|
| Bernardine Evaristo MBE
|
2004
|
| Sir Richard Eyre CBE
|
2011
|
| Ruth Fainlight
|
2007
|
| Moris Farhi MBE
|
2001
|
| Paul Farley
|
2012
|
| Sebastian Faulks CBE
|
1994
|
| Elaine Feinstein
|
1981
|
| James Fenton FSA
|
1983
|
| Adam Fergusson MEP
|
2009
|
| Maggie Fergusson MBE
|
2007
|
| The Hon William Fiennes
|
2009
|
| Orlando Figes
|
2003
|
| Anne Fine OBE
|
2003
|
| Tibor Fischer
|
2003
|
| Roy Fisher
|
2005
|
| Richard Ford
|
2012
|
| Aminatta Forna
|
2012
|
| Margaret Forster
|
1974
|
| Richard Fortey FRS
|
2009
|
| Roy Foster FBA FRHistS
|
1992
|
| Adam Foulds
|
2009
|
| Lady Antonia Fraser DBE
|
2003
|
| Robert Fraser
|
2007
|
| Michael Frayn C Lit
|
1969
|
| Maureen Freely
|
2011
|
| Brian Friel C Lit
|
1998
|
| Athol Fugard
|
1986
|
| John Fuller
|
1980
|
| Jane Gardam OBE
|
2005
|
| *Anthony Gardner
|
2004
|
| Philip Gardner
|
1986
|
| Alan Garner OBE
|
2011
|
| Timothy Garton Ash CMG
|
2005
|
| Bamber Gascoigne
|
1976
|
| *The Lord Gavron CBE
|
1996
|
| Maggie Gee OBE, Vice-President
|
1994
|
| Adèle Geras
|
2013
|
| Amitav Ghosh
|
2009
|
| Sir Martin Gilbert CBE
|
1977
|
| Sir David Gilmour Bt
|
1990
|
| Mark Girouard FSA Hon FRIBA
|
1994
|
| Lesley Glaister
|
1994
|
| The Hon Victoria Glendinning CBE, Vice-President
|
1982
|
| Julian Gloag
|
1970
|
| *Martyn Goff CBE
|
2002
|
| Magdalen Goffin
|
1980
|
| Lyndall Gordon
|
2002
|
| Warwick Gould
|
1997
|
| Grey Gowrie (The Earl of Gowrie PC)
|
2003
|
| Linda Grant
|
2013
|
| *Günter Grass
|
2010
|
| A. C. Grayling
|
2006
|
| Peter Green
|
1956
|
| Lavinia Greenlaw
|
2004
|
| John Gribbin
|
1999
|
| Romesh Gunesekera
|
2004
|
| Abdulrazak Gurnah
|
2006
|
| Tessa Hadley
|
2009
|
| John Haffenden FBA
|
1986
|
| The Rt Hon William Hague MP
|
2009
|
| John Halperin
|
1985
|
| Georgina Hammick
|
2001
|
| Christopher Hampton CBE
|
1976
|
| Barbara Hardy FBA
|
1997
|
| Sir David Hare
|
1985
|
| Claire Harman
|
2006
|
| Richard Harries (The Rt Rev The Lord Harries of Pentregarth)
|
1996
|
| Alexandra Harris
|
2013
|
| Robert Harris
|
1996
|
| Sir Wilson Harris
|
2007
|
| Tony Harrison
|
1984
|
| David Harsent
|
1999
|
| Sir Ronald Harwood CBE, Vice-President
|
1974
|
| Sir Max Hastings FRHistS
|
1996
|
| Lady Selina Hastings
|
1994
|
| Roy Hattersley (The Lord Hattersley PC)
|
2003
|
| Cameron Hazlehurst FRHistS
|
1973
|
| Shirley Hazzard
|
1998
|
| Tim Heald
|
2000
|
| Denis Healey (The Lord Healey CH MBE PC)
|
1993
|
| *Drue Heinz Hon DBE
|
2002
|
| John Hemming CMG
|
2013
|
| Philip Hensher
|
1998
|
| Rosemary Hill
|
2010
|
| Tobias Hill
|
2011
|
| Bevis Hillier
|
1997
|
| Tim Hilton
|
1993
|
| Barry Hines
|
1977
|
| Mary Hocking
|
1977
|
| Eva Hoffman
|
2007
|
| *Ursula Holden
|
2010
|
| Alan Hollinghurst
|
1995
|
| Richard Holmes OBE FBA
|
1975
|
| Sir Michael Holroyd CBE FRHistS C Lit, President Emeritus
|
1968
|
| Park Honan
|
1998
|
| Hugh Honour FBA
|
1972
|
| Christopher Hope
|
1990
|
| Nick Hornby
|
1996
|
| Sir Alistair Horne CBE
|
1968
|
| Philip Howard
|
1987
|
| Kathryn Hughes FRHistS
|
2006
|
| Shirley Hughes OBE
|
2000
|
| Lucy Hughes-Hallett
|
2010
|
| Emyr Humphreys
|
1995
|
| Roland Huntford
|
2001
|
| Aamer Hussein
|
2004
|
| Angela Huth
|
1978
|
| Samuel Hynes
|
1978
|
| Robert Irwin
|
2001
|
| Kazuo Ishiguro OBE
|
1989
|
| Ian Jack
|
2009
|
| Dan Jacobson
|
2007
|
| Howard Jacobson
|
2012
|
| Clive James CBE AM
|
2010
|
| Kathleen Jamie
|
2009
|
| Deborah Jay
|
2005
|
| Alan Jenkins
|
2002
|
| Sir Simon Jenkins FSA
|
2003
|
| Liz Jensen
|
2005
|
| Linton Kwesi Johnson
|
2013
|
| *Paula Johnson
|
2008
|
| Jennifer Johnston
|
2009
|
| Steve Jones
|
2011
|
| Jenny Joseph
|
1999
|
| Gabriel Josipovici FBA
|
1997
|
| Alan Judd
|
1990
|
| Margaret Jull Costa
|
2013
|
| P. J. Kavanagh
|
1986
|
| Jackie Kay MBE
|
2002
|
| Jonathan Keates FSA
|
1992
|
| Laurence Kelly
|
2003
|
| Linda Kelly
|
2010
|
| Thomas Keneally AO
|
1973
|
| A. L. Kennedy
|
1999
|
| *HRH The Duke of Kent KG
|
1978
|
| Mimi Khalvati
|
2009
|
| Thomas Kilroy
|
1972
|
| Matthew Kneale
|
2003
|
| Shiv K. Kumar
|
1978
|
| Hanif Kureishi CBE
|
2008
|
| David Kynaston
|
2010
|
| Nick Laird
|
2013
|
| John Lanchester
|
2002
|
| Robin Lane Fox
|
1974
|
| Lee Langley
|
1996
|
| James Lasdun
|
2009
|
| Bryony Lavery
|
2002
|
| Zachary Leader
|
2007
|
| Dame Hermione Lee DBE FBA
|
1992
|
| Brendan Lehane
|
1999
|
| Mike Leigh OBE
|
2008
|
| Laurence Lerner
|
1984
|
| Andrea Levy
|
2005
|
| Paul Levy
|
1980
|
| Gwyneth Lewis
|
1999
|
| Jeremy Lewis
|
1992
|
| Dame Penelope Lively DBE
|
1985
|
| Samuel Lock
|
2001
|
| David Lodge CBE
|
1976
|
| Michael Longley CBE
|
1988
|
| Roger Lonsdale FBA
|
1989
|
| Edward Lucie-Smith
|
1964
|
| Andrew Lycett
|
2010
|
| Richard Mabey
|
2011
|
| Fiona MacCarthy OBE
|
1997
|
| Geraldine McCaughrean
|
2009
|
| Ian McDonald AA
|
1970
|
| Ian McEwan CBE
|
1983
|
| Robert Macfarlane
|
2011
|
| Roger McGough CBE
|
2004
|
| Patrick McGrath
|
2002
|
| Shena Mackay
|
1999
|
| Denis Mack Smith CBE FBA
|
1977
|
| Rory MacLean
|
2007
|
| Margaret MacMillan
|
2003
|
| Candia McWilliam
|
1994
|
| Brenda Maddox
|
1999
|
| Sir Noel Malcolm FBA
|
1997
|
| David Malouf
|
2008
|
| Norman Manea
|
2011
|
| Alberto Manguel
|
2010
|
| Philip Mansel
|
2010
|
| Dame Hilary Mantel DBE, Vice-President
|
1990
|
| Patrick Marber
|
2002
|
| Patrick Marnham
|
1988
|
| Philip Marsden
|
1996
|
| Rosalind Marshall
|
1974
|
| Adam Mars-Jones
|
2007
|
| Allan Massie CBE
|
1982
|
| Hishan Matar
|
2012
|
| Douglas Matthews MBE FCLIP, Benson Medallist
|
1998
|
| Glyn Maxwell
|
1999
|
| Derwent May
|
1996
|
| Geraldine McCaughrean
|
2010
|
| Ved Mehta
|
2009
|
| Edward Mendelson
|
2003
|
| Jeffrey Meyers
|
1983
|
| Mary Midgley
|
2007
|
| Andrew Miller
|
2012
|
| Michael Millgate FRSC
|
1983
|
| Pankaj Mishra
|
2008
|
| Rohinton Mistry
|
2009
|
| David Mitchell
|
2013
|
| Julian Mitchell FSA
|
1985
|
| Deborah Moggach
|
1999
|
| Caroline Moorehead OBE
|
1993
|
| Michael Morpurgo OBE
|
2004
|
| Jan Morris CBE
|
1961
|
| Blake Morrison
|
1988
|
| Nicholas Mosley (The Lord Ravensdale MC)
|
1980
|
| Sir Andrew Motion
|
1984
|
| Sir Ferdinand Mount Bt
|
1991
|
| Paul Muldoon
|
1981
|
| Alice Munro C Lit
|
2002
|
| Dervla Murphy
|
2013
|
| Richard Murphy
|
1968
|
| V. S. Naipaul (Sir Vidia Naipaul C Lit)
|
1962
|
| Venetia Newall FSA FRGS
|
1980
|
| Charles Nicholl
|
2005
|
| Grace Nichols
|
2007
|
| Peter Nichols
|
1983
|
| William Nicholson
|
1999
|
| Adam Nicolson (The Lord Carnock FSA)
|
2005
|
| The Hon Gerard Noel
|
1999
|
| John Julius Norwich (The Viscount Norwich CVO FSA)
|
1970
|
| Robert Nye
|
1977
|
| Edna O'Brien
|
2011
|
| Sean O'Brien
|
2007
|
| Bernard O'Donoghue
|
1999
|
| Julia O'Faolain
|
1998
|
| Andrew O'Hagan
|
2010
|
| Redmond O'Hanlon
|
1993
|
| Ben Okri OBE
|
1997
|
| *Sir Christopher Ondaatje OC CBE
|
2003
|
| Michael Ondaatje OC
|
2012
|
| Charles Osborne
|
1996
|
| Helen Oyeyemi
|
2012
|
| Ruth Padel
|
1998
|
| Alan Palmer
|
1980
|
| Peter Parker
|
1997
|
| Don Paterson
|
2004
|
| Jill Paton Walsh
|
1996
|
| Brian Patten
|
2003
|
| Tim Pears
|
2012
|
| Humphrey Phelps
|
1977
|
| Adam Phillips
|
2012
|
| Caryl Phillips
|
2000
|
| Mike Phillips
|
2000
|
| David Plante
|
2002
|
| Piers Plowright
|
1998
|
| Stephen Poliakoff CBE
|
1985
|
| David Pownall
|
1976
|
| (Baron) David Profumo
|
1995
|
| David Pryce-Jones
|
1980
|
| Philip Pullman CBE, Vice-President
|
2001
|
| Isabel Quigly
|
1989
|
| Craig Raine
|
1984
|
| Nicholas Rankin
|
2009
|
| Frederic Raphael
|
1964
|
| Piers Paul Read
|
1972
|
| Anne Redmon
|
1980
|
| Christopher Reid
|
1999
|
| Ruth Rendell (The Baroness Rendell of Babergh CBE)
|
1988
|
| Sir Christopher Ricks FBA
|
1970
|
| Professor The Hon Jane Ridley
|
2007
|
| The Viscount Ridley DL FMedSci
|
1999
|
| William Rivière
|
2000
|
| Graham Robb
|
1999
|
| Andrew Roberts FRSA
|
2001
|
| Michèle Roberts
|
1999
|
| Robin Robertson
|
2010
|
| Jane Rogers
|
1994
|
| Stephen Romer
|
2011
|
| Michael Rosen
|
2006
|
| Meg Rosoff
|
2013
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| Jacob Ross
|
2006
|
| J. K. Rowling OBE
|
2002
|
| Anthony Rudolf FEA
|
2005
|
| Carol Rumens
|
1984
|
| Sir Salman Rushdie
|
1983
|
| Lawrence Sail
|
1998
|
| Edward St Aubyn
|
2011
|
| The Hon Giles St Aubyn LVO
|
1964
|
| William St Clair FBA
|
1973
|
| Fiona Sampson
|
2010
|
| J. J. Scarisbrick MBE FRHistS
|
1969
|
| Ann Schlee
|
1997
|
| Michael Schmidt OBE
|
1993
|
| *Patricia Schute
|
1991
|
| The Rev Professor M.A. Screech FBA
|
1989
|
| Roger Scruton FBA
|
2003
|
| Peter Scupham
|
1990
|
| Simon Sebag-Montefiore
|
2003
|
| Elisa Segrave
|
2001
|
| Richard Sennett
|
1999
|
| Vikram Seth CBE
|
1994
|
| Miranda Seymour FRSA
|
1996
|
| Sir Peter Shaffer CBE
|
1978
|
| Nicholas Shakespeare
|
1999
|
| Kamila Shamsie
|
2011
|
| Jo Shapcott
|
1999
|
| Norman Sherry
|
1985
|
| Elaine Showalter
|
2011
|
| Posy Simmonds MBE
|
2004
|
| Helen Simpson
|
1996
|
| Andrew Sinclair FRSA
|
1972
|
| Clive Sinclair
|
1983
|
| Iain Sinclair
|
2009
|
| Robert Skidelsky (The Lord Skidelsky of Tilton FBA FRHistS)
|
1978
|
| Gillian Slovo
|
2013
|
| Ali Smith
|
2007
|
| Godfrey Smith
|
1995
|
| *John Saumarez Smith, Benson Medallist
|
1996
|
| Zadie Smith
|
2002
|
| Stephen Sondheim
|
2012
|
| Ahdaf Soueif
|
2002
|
| *Wole Soyinka, Benson Medallist
|
1983
|
| Frances Spalding CBE
|
1984
|
| Francis Spufford
|
2007
|
| Hilary Spurling CBE
|
2005
|
| John Spurling
|
2010
|
| Tom Stacey
|
1977
|
| Jon Stallworthy FBA
|
1971
|
| Martin Stannard
|
1999
|
| C. K. Stead ONZ CBE
|
1995
|
| George Steiner FBA
|
1962
|
| Rory Stewart OBE MP
|
2009
|
| Stanley Stewart
|
2001
|
| Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE C Lit
|
1972
|
| Sir Roy Strong FSA
|
1999
|
| Kate Summerscale
|
2010
|
| *David Sutton, Benson Medallist
|
2012
|
| Virginia Surtees
|
1978
|
| John Sutherland
|
1990
|
| Graham Swift
|
1984
|
| George Szirtes
|
1982
|
| D. J. Taylor
|
1997
|
| Emma Tennant (The Hon Mrs Timothy Owens)
|
1982
|
| Hugh Thomas (The Lord Thomas of Swynnerton FRHistS)
|
1997
|
| Ian Thomson
|
2003
|
| Colin Thubron CBE, President
|
1969
|
| Ann Thwaite
|
1987
|
| Anthony Thwaite OBE FSA
|
1978
|
| Gillian Tindall
|
1983
|
| Colm Tóibín
|
2007
|
| Arnold Trevor Tolley
|
1998
|
| (Count) Nikolai Tolstoy
|
1979
|
| Claire Tomalin, Vice-President
|
1976
|
| Barbara Trapido
|
2011
|
| Jeremy Treglown
|
1989
|
| Rose Tremain CBE
|
1983
|
| William Trevor C Lit Hon KBE
|
1976
|
| Lynne Truss
|
2004
|
| Eva Tucker
|
2009
|
| Jenny Uglow CBE FSA, Benson Medallist
|
1998
|
| *HRH The Prince of Wales KG OM
|
2002
|
| James Walvin OBE
|
2006
|
| Marina Warner CBE FBA
|
1984
|
| Val Warner
|
1998
|
| Sarah Waters
|
2009
|
| Daniel Weissbort
|
2008
|
| Fay Weldon CBE
|
1986
|
| Robert Wells
|
1994
|
| Stanley Wells CBE
|
2013
|
| Timberlake Wertenbaker
|
1999
|
| Sir Arnold Wesker
|
1985
|
| Sara Wheeler
|
1999
|
| Hugh Whitemore
|
1998
|
| Helen Wilcox FRSA FEA
|
1999
|
| Hugo Williams
|
1988
|
| Nigel Williams
|
1994
|
| The Rt Revd The Lord Williams of Oystermouth PC FBA FLSW
|
2003
|
| A. N. Wilson
|
1982
|
| Frances Wilson
|
2008
|
| Dame Jacqueline Wilson DBE
|
2005
|
| Lewis Wolpert CBE FRS
|
1999
|
| Charles Wood
|
1985
|
| James Wood
|
2011
|
| Michael Wood
|
1992
|
| Gerard Woodward
|
2005
|
| Pamela Woof
|
1999
|
| Kit Wright
|
1997
|
| Ann Wroe FRHistS
|
2007
|
| Francis Wyndham
|
1999
|
| Adam Zamoyski FSA
|
2006
|
| Theodore Zeldin CBE FBA FRHistS
|
1999
|
| Philip Ziegler CVO FRHistS
|
1972
|
The * before the name denotes an Honorary Fellow. The list is online at the RSL website.[4]
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