Royal Society of Literature

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Royal Society of Literature

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

"The Royal Society of Literature was founded by King George IV in 1820, to reward literary merit and excite literary talent. Today, our 450 Fellows including eminent poets, playwrights, novelists, biographers, historians and critics."

Official Website:
http://www.rslit.org/

Location:
London, England

Founding Date:
2-Nov-1820

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Dannie Abse Poet 22-Sep-1923 28-Sep-2014 Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve

Sybille Bedford Novelist 16-Mar-1911 17-Feb-2006 A Favourite of the Gods

Elizabeth Berridge Novelist 3-Dec-1919 2-Dec-2009 Across the Common

Melvyn Bragg TV Personality 6-Oct-1939 The South Bank Show

Van Wyck Brooks Critic 16-Feb-1886 2-May-1963 Finders & Makers

Philip Callow Novelist 26-Oct-1924 22-Sep-2007 A Pledge for the Earth

Linda Colley Historian 13-Sep-1949 Britons: Forging the Nation

Wendy Cope Poet 21-Jul-1945 If I Don't Know

Paul Davies Physicist 22-Apr-1946 The Mind of God

Alain de Botton Author 20-Dec-1969 The Architecture of Happiness

Anita Desai Novelist 24-Jun-1937 Cry, the Peacock

Carol Ann Duffy Poet 23-Dec-1955 Mean Time

Richard J. Evans Historian 29-Sep-1947 The Third Reich

Brian Friel Playwright 9-Jan-1929 2-Oct-2015 Dancing at Lughnasa

Marius Goring Actor 23-May-1912 30-Sep-1998 The Red Shoes

Max Hastings Journalist 28-Dec-1945 Editor of the Daily Telegraph, 1986-95

Eric Hobsbawm Historian 9-Jun-1917 1-Oct-2012 The Age of Revolution

Richard Hughes Author 19-Apr-1900 28-Aug-1976 A High Wind in Jamaica

Elizabeth Jennings Poet 18-Jul-1926 26-Oct-2001 Song for a Birth or a Death

John Keegan Historian 15-May-1934 2-Aug-2012 The Face of Battle

Penelope Lively Novelist 17-Mar-1933 Moon Tiger

David Lodge Novelist 28-Jan-1935 How Far Can You Go?

Elizabeth Longford Historian 30-Aug-1906 23-Oct-2002 Victoria R. I.

Ian McEwan Novelist 21-Jun-1948 Amsterdam

Diane Middlebrook Author 16-Apr-1939 15-Dec-2007 Biographer of Anne Sexton

Caryl Phillips Novelist 13-Mar-1958 Crossing the River

Andrew Roberts Historian 13-Jan-1963 Eminent Churchillians

Ali Smith Author 24-Aug-1962 There But For The

Graham Swift Novelist 4-May-1949 Last Orders

Paul Theroux Novelist 10-Apr-1941 The Mosquito Coast

Kenneth Tynan Critic 2-Apr-1927 26-Jul-1980 British theatre critic

Barry Unsworth Novelist 10-Aug-1930 5-Jun-2012 Sacred Hunger

Angus Wilson Novelist 11-Aug-1913 31-May-1991 Hemlock and After

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