Current Fellows
Fellow | Year of election |
---|---|
Dannie Abse | 1983 |
Chinua Achebe | 1983 |
Peter Ackroyd CBE | 1984 |
Gilbert Adair | 2011 |
Richard Adams | 1975 |
Donald Adamson JP FSA FRHistS | 1983 |
Fleur Adcock OBE | 1984 |
Diran Adebayo | 2006 |
John Agard | 2007 |
Brian Aldiss OBE | 1990 |
Keith Alldritt | 1978 |
Fergus Allen CB | 2000 |
*David Altaras | 1996 |
Martin Amis | 1983 |
Mark Amory | 1996 |
Carole Angier | 2002 |
The Marquess of Anglesey DL FSA FRHistS | 1969 |
John Arden | 2000 |
Simon Armitage | 2004 |
Karen Armstrong | 2005 |
Bruce Arnold OBE | 1994 |
Geoffrey Ashe | 1963 |
Michael Asher | 1996 |
Rosemary Ashton OBE FBA | 1999 |
Diana Athill OBE | 2001 |
Kate Atkinson | 2010 |
Margaret Atwood | 2010 |
Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE | 1991 |
Paul Bailey | 1999 |
Dame Beryl Bainbridge DBE | 1978 |
Michael Baldwin | 1984 |
Iain Banks | 2009 |
John Banville | 2007 |
Richard Barber | 1971 |
Juliet Barker | 2001 |
Pat Barker CBE | 1995 |
Sebastian Barker | 1997 |
Frank Barlow CBE FBA FRHistS | 1971 |
Correlli Barnett CBE | 1964 |
Sebastian Barry | 2009 |
Jacques Barzun | 1994 |
Susan Bassnett | 2007 |
Jonathan Bate CBE FBA | 2004 |
Nina Bawden CBE | 1970 |
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 | 1984 |
Bernard Bergonzi | 1984 |
Elizabeth Berridge | 1997 |
Christopher Bigsby | 2000 |
*Robert Binyon | 2000 |
Dea Birkett | 2000 |
Julia Blackburn | 2002 |
Malorie Blackman | 2009 |
Ronald Blythe, Benson Medallist | 1970 |
James T. Boulton FBA | 1969 |
William Boyd CBE | 1982 |
Melvyn Bragg (The Lord Bragg FRTS) | 1971 |
Piers Brendon | 2010 |
Raymond Briggs | 1993 |
Robin Briggs | 1999 |
Michael Brock CBE FRHistS | 1983 |
Hugh Brogan | 1987 |
Anita Brookner CBE | 1982 |
Alan Brownjohn | 1999 |
James Buchan | 2001 |
Brian Burland | 1999 |
John Burnside | 1999 |
Marilyn Butler FBA | 1989 |
A. S. Byatt (Dame Antonia Duffy DBE) | 1983 |
David Cairns | 2001 |
Carmen Callil | 2010 |
Sir David Cannadine FBA FRHistS | 1999 |
John Carey FBA | 1982 |
Peter Carey | 1989 |
Sir Raymond Carr FBA FRHistS | 1977 |
Miranda Carter | 2011 |
Justin Cartwright | 2002 |
David Caute | 1998 |
Glen Cavaliero | 1986 |
Hugh Cecil | 1997 |
Aidan Chambers | 2009 |
Amit Chaudhuri | 2009 |
Tracy Chevalier | 2008 |
Anne Chisholm | 1989 |
Rupert Christiansen | 1997 |
Kate Clanchy | 2009 |
Gillian Clarke | 2000 |
John Clay | 1998 |
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 | 1992 |
John Cornwell | 1985 |
Jim Crace | 1999 |
Kevin Crossley-Holland | 1998 |
Anthony Curtis | 2010 |
Tony Curtis | 2000 |
David Dabydeen | 2000 |
William Dalrymple | 1995 |
Richard Davenport-Hines | 2003 |
Lionel Davidson | 1997 |
Andrew Davies | 1996 |
Paul Davies | 1999 |
Stevie Davies | 1998 |
Dick Davis | 1981 |
Richard Dawkins FRS | 1997 |
Louis de Bernières | 2006 |
Alain de Botton | 2011 |
Shelagh Delaney | 1985 |
Anita Desai, Benson Medallist | 1978 |
Imtiaz Dharker | 2010 |
Peter Dickinson | 1999 |
David Dilks FRHistS | 1986 |
Jenny Diski | 1999 |
Maura Dooley | 2006 |
Roddy Doyle | 2003 |
Dame Margaret Drabble DBE | 1973 |
Carol Ann Duffy CBE | 1999 |
Maureen Duffy | 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 | 1992 |
David Edgar | 1985 |
Max Egremont (The Lord Egremont DL FSA) | 2001 |
Anne Enright | 2008 |
Sir Richard Evans FBA FRHistS | 1999 |
Bernardine Evaristo | 2004 |
Sir Richard Eyre CBE | 2011 |
Ruth Fainlight | 2007 |
Moris Farhi MBE | 2001 |
Sebastian Faulks CBE | 1994 |
Elaine Feinstein | 1981 |
James Fenton | 1983 |
Adam Fergusson MEP | 2010 |
Maggie Fergusson | 2007 |
The Hon William Fiennes | 2009 |
Orlando Figes | 2003 |
Anne Fine OBE | 2003 |
Tibor Fischer | 2003 |
Roy Fisher | 2005 |
Margaret Forster | 1974 |
Richard Fortey | 2010 |
Roy Foster FBA FRHistS | 1992 |
Adam Foulds | 2010 |
Lady Antonia Fraser DBE | 2003 |
Robert Fraser | 2007 |
Michael Frayn CLit | 1969 |
Brian Friel | 1998 |
Athol Fugard | 1986 |
John Fuller | 1980 |
P. N. Furbank | 1992 |
Paul Fussell | 1977 |
Mavis Gallant CC | 1989 |
Jane Gardam OBE | 2005 |
*Anthony Gardner | 2004 |
Philip Gardner | 1986 |
Timothy Garton Ash CMG | 2005 |
Bamber Gascoigne | 1976 |
Norman Gash CBE FBA FRHistS | 1973 |
*The Lord Gavron CBE | 1996 |
Maggie Gee, Vice-President | 1994 |
Amitav Ghosh | 2009 |
Sir Martin Gilbert CBE | 1977 |
Sir David Gilmour Bt | 1990 |
Lesley Glaister | 1994 |
The Hon Victoria Glendinning CBE, Vice-President | 1982 |
Julian Gloag | 1970 |
*Martyn Goff CBE | 2002 |
Magdalen Goffin | 1980 |
Nadine Gordimer, Benson Medallist | 1975 |
Lyndall Gordon | 2002 |
Warwick Gould | 1997 |
Grey Gowrie (The Earl of Gowrie PC) | 2003 |
*Günter Grass | 1993 |
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 |
Robert Harris | 1996 |
Wilson Harris | 2007 |
Tony Harrison | 1984 |
David Harsent | 1999 |
Ronald Harwood CBE, Vice-President | 1974 |
Sir Max Hastings FRHistS | 1996 |
Lady Selina Hastings | 1994 |
Roy Hattersley (The Lord Hattersley PC) | 2003 |
*Václav Havel | 1993 |
Cameron Hazlehurst | 1973 |
Shirley Hazzard | 1998 |
Tim Heald | 2000 |
Denis Healey (The Lord Healey CH MBE PC) | 1993 |
*Seamus Heaney CLit | 1991 |
*Drue Heinz Hon DBE | 2002 |
Philip Hensher | 1998 |
Dominic Hibberd | 2002 |
Geoffrey Hill | 1972 |
Reginald Hill | 1999 |
Rosemary Hill | 2009 |
Tobias Hill | 2011 |
Bevis Hillier | 1997 |
Tim Hilton | 1993 |
Barry Hines | 1977 |
Russell Hoban | 1988 |
Mary Hocking | 1977 |
Eva Hoffman | 2007 |
Richard Hoggart | 2003 |
Ursula Holden | 2010 |
Alan Hollinghurst | 1995 |
Richard Holmes OBE FBA | 1975 |
Sir Michael Holroyd CBE CLit FRHistS, President Emeritus | 1968 |
Park Honan | 1998 |
Hugh Honour FBA | 1972 |
Christopher Hope | 1990 |
Nick Hornby | 1996 |
Sir Alistair Horne CBE | 1968 |
Elizabeth Jane Howard CBE | 1991 |
Philip Howard | 1987 |
Kathryn Hughes FRHistS | 2006 |
Shirley Hughes OBE | 2000 |
Lucy Hughes-Hallett | 2009 |
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 |
Clive James | 2010 |
P. D. James (The Baroness James of Holland Park OBE JP), Vice-President |
1987 |
Kathleen Jamie | 2009 |
Deborah Jay | 2005 |
Alan Jenkins | 2002 |
Elizabeth Jenkins OBE | 1970 |
Sir Simon Jenkins | 2003 |
Liz Jensen | 2005 |
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala CBE | 1974 |
*Paula Johnson | 2008 |
Jennifer Johnston | 2009 |
Steve Jones | 2011 |
Jenny Joseph | 1999 |
Gabriel Josipovici FBA | 1997 |
Alan Judd | 1990 |
Mimi Kalvati | 2009 |
P. J. Kavanagh | 1986 |
Jackie Kay | 2002 |
Jonathan Keates | 1992 |
H. R. F. Keating | 1990 |
Sir John Keegan OBE FRHistS | 1986 |
Laurence Kelly | 2003 |
Linda Kelly | 2003 |
Thomas Keneally | 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 |
John Lanchester | 2002 |
Robin Lane Fox | 1974 |
Lee Langley | 1996 |
James Lasdun | 2009 |
Bryony Lavery | 2002 |
Zachary Leader | 2007 |
Hermione Lee CBE FBA | 1992 |
Molly Lefebure | 2010 |
Brendan Lehane | 1999 |
Mike Leigh OBE | 2008 |
Laurence Lerner | 1984 |
*Doris Lessing CH CLit | 2001 |
Andrea Levy | 2005 |
Paul Levy | 1980 |
Gwyneth Lewis | 1999 |
Jeremy Lewis | 1992 |
R. P. Lister | 1970 |
Penelope Lively CBE | 1985 |
Samuel Lock | 2001 |
David Lodge CBE | 1976 |
Michael Longley | 1988 |
Roger Lonsdale FBA | 1989 |
Edward Lucie-Smith | 1964 |
Andrew Lycett | 2009 |
Geraldine McCaughrean | 2010 |
Fiona MacCarthy | 1997 |
Ian McDonald AA | 1970 |
Ian McEwan CBE | 1983 |
Robert Macfarlane | 2010 |
Roger McGough CBE | 2004 |
Patrick McGrath | 2002 |
Denis Mack Smith CBE FBA | 1977 |
Shena Mackay | 1999 |
Rory MacLean | 2007 |
Margaret MacMillan | 2003 |
Candia McWilliam | 1994 |
Brenda Maddox | 1999 |
Noel Malcolm FBA | 1997 |
David Malouf | 2008 |
Alberto Manguel | 2010 |
Philip Mansel | 2010 |
Hilary Mantel CBE | 1990 |
Patrick Marber | 2002 |
Patrick Marnham | 1988 |
Philip Marsden | 1996 |
Rosalind Marshall | 1974 |
Adam Mars-Jones | 2007 |
Allan Massie | 1982 |
Douglas Matthews FCLIP, Benson Medallist | 1998 |
Glyn Maxwell | 1999 |
Derwent May | 1996 |
Geraldine McCaughrean | 2010 |
Ernest Mehew | 1999 |
Ved Mehta | 2009 |
Edward Mendelson | 2003 |
Jeffrey Meyers | 1983 |
Mary Midgley | 2007 |
Karl Miller | 1992 |
Michael Millgate | 1983 |
Pankaj Mishra | 2008 |
Rohinton Mistry | 2009 |
Julian Mitchell | 1985 |
Deborah Moggach | 1999 |
Caroline Moorehead OBE | 1993 |
Edwin Morgan OBE | 2004 |
Elaine Morgan | 2009 |
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 | 2002 |
Richard Murphy | 1968 |
V. S. Naipaul (Sir Vidia Naipaul CLit) | 1962 |
Venetia Newall FSA | 1980 |
Charles Nicholl | 2005 |
Grace Nichols | 2007 |
Peter Nichols | 1983 |
William Nicholson | 1999 |
Adam Nicolson (The Lord Carnock FSA) | 2005 |
Vivien Noakes | 1996 |
The Hon Gerard Noel | 1999 |
Leslie Norris | 1974 |
John Julius Norwich (The Viscount Norwich CVO FSA) | 1970 |
Robert Nye | 1977 |
Sean O'Brien | 2007 |
Bernard O'Donoghue | 1999 |
Julia O'Faolain | 1998 |
Andrew O'Hagan | 2009 |
Redmond O'Hanlon | 1993 |
Ben Okri OBE | 1997 |
*Sir Christopher Ondaatje CBE | 2003 |
Charles Osborne | 1996 |
Ewald Osers | 1984 |
Ruth Padel | 1998 |
Alan Palmer | 1980 |
Peter Parker | 1997 |
Don Paterson | 2004 |
Jill Paton Walsh | 1996 |
Brian Patten | 2003 |
Catherine Peters | 1992 |
Humphrey Phelps | 1977 |
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 | 2001 |
Isabel Quigly | 1989 |
Craig Raine | 1984 |
Nicholas Rankin | 2009 |
Frederic Raphael | 1964 |
Piers Paul Read | 1972 |
Anne Redmon | 1980 |
Joan Rees | 1982 |
Christopher Reid | 1999 |
Ruth Rendell (The Baroness Rendell of Babergh CBE) | 1988 |
Christopher Ricks FBA | 1970 |
The Hon Professor Jane Ridley | 2007 |
The Viscount Ridley DL FMedSci | 1999 |
William Rivière | 2000 |
Graham Robb | 1999 |
Andrew Roberts | 2001 |
Michèle Roberts | 1999 |
Robin Robertson | 2009 |
Jane Rogers | 1994 |
Stephen Romer | 2011 |
Kenneth Rose CBE | 1976 |
Jacob Ross | 2006 |
J. K. Rowling OBE | 2002 |
Anthony Rudolf | 2005 |
Carol Rumens | 1984 |
Sir Salman Rushdie | 1983 |
Lawrence Sail | 1998 |
Fiona Sampson | 2010 |
The Hon Giles St Aubyn LVO | 1964 |
William St Clair FBA | 1973 |
*John Saumarez Smith, Benson Medallist | 1996 |
J. J. Scarisbrick FRHistS | 1969 |
Ann Schlee | 1997 |
Michael Schmidt | 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 | 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 | 1972 |
Clive Sinclair | 1983 |
Iain Sinclair | 2009 |
Robert Skidelsky (The Lord Skidelsky of Tilton FBA FRHistS) | 1978 |
Ali Smith | 2007 |
Godfrey Smith | 1995 |
*Julia Abel Smith DL | 2009 |
Lacey Baldwin Smith FRHistS | 1972 |
Zadie Smith | 2002 |
Mary Soames (The Baroness Soames LG DBE PC) | 2000 |
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 CLit | 1972 |
Sir Roy Strong FSA | 1999 |
Kate Summerscale | 2010 |
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 | 1978 |
Gillian Tindall | 1983 |
Colm Tóibín | 2007 |
A.Trevor Tolley | 1998 |
(Count) Nikolai Tolstoy | 1979 |
Claire Tomalin, Vice-President | 1976 |
Sue Townsend | 1993 |
Jeremy Treglown | 1989 |
Rose Tremain CBE | 1983 |
Raleigh Trevelyan | 1973 |
William Trevor CLit Hon KBE | 1976 |
Lynne Truss | 2004 |
Eva Tucker | 2010 |
Jenny Uglow CBE | 1998 |
Barry Unsworth | 1974 |
Edward Upward, Benson Medallist | 2005 |
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 |
Timberlake Wertenbaker | 1999 |
Sir Arnold Wesker | 1985 |
Sara Wheeler | 1999 |
Hugh Whitemore | 1998 |
Helen Wilcox | 1999 |
Hugo Williams | 1988 |
Nigel Williams | 1994 |
The Most Revd Rowan Williams PC FBA | 2003 |
A. N. Wilson | 1982 |
Frances Wilson | 2008 |
Dame Jacqueline Wilson DBE | 2005 |
Lewis Wolpert CBE FRS | 1999 |
Charles Wood | 1985 |
Michael Wood | 1992 |
Gerard Woodward | 2005 |
Pamela Woof | 1999 |
Andrew Wright | 1971 |
Kit Wright | 1997 |
Ann Wroe FRHistS | 2007 |
Francis Wyndham | 1999 |
Adam Zamoyski | 2006 |
Theodore Zeldin OBE FBA FRHistS | 1999 |
Philip Ziegler CVO | 1972 |
The * before the name denotes an Honorary Fellow. The list is online at the RSL website.
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