La Royal Society of Literature és l'organització superior de literatura a Gran Bretanya . Va ser fundada el 1820 pel rei Jordi IV , per tal de recompensar el mèrit literari i exercitar el talent literari . El primer president de la Societat va ser Thomas Burgess , qui esdevindria bisbe de Salisbury . Hi ha uns 450 Companys de la Royal Society of Literatura (habitualment es nomenen anualment 14 nous Companys), que tenen el privilegi d'usar el post-nominal FRSL .
Entre els antics Companys estan Samuel Taylor Coleridge , William Butler Yeats , Rudyard Kipling , Thomas Hardy , George Bernard Shaw o Arthur Koestler . Els nous membres inscriuen el seu nom al llistat oficial usant les plomes de Lord Byron o de Dickens .
Té una revista anual, RSL Premi Ondaatje , el Premi Jerwood i el Premi Memorial V. S. Pritchett . Pot conferir l'honor de Company de la Royal Society of Literature a escriptors de manera excepcional. També concedeix la Medalla Benson per la tasca d'una vida al servei de la literatura .
La seu està a Somerset House a Londres .
Membres Actuals [ modifica ]
Company
Any d'elecció
Dannie Abse
1983
Chinua Achebe
1983
Peter Ackroyd CBE
1984
Richard Adams
1975
Donald Adamson
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
El Marquès d'Anglesey DL FSA FRHistS Hon FRIBA
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
Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE
1991
Paul Bailey
1999
Dama Beryl Bainbridge DBE
1978
Michael Baldwin
1984
Iain Banks
2009
John Banville
2007
Richard Barber
1971
Juliet Barker
2001
Sebastian Barker
1997
Pat Barker CBE
1995
Frank Barlow CBE FBA FRHistS
1971
Correlli Barnett CBE
1964
Sebastian Barry
2009
Stan Barstow
1999
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
Dama 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 , Medalla Benson
1970
James T. Boulton FBA
1969
William Boyd CBE
1982
Melvyn Bragg (Baró Bragg)
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 (Dama Antonia Duffy) DBE
1983
David Cairns
2001
Sir David Cannadine FBA FRHistS
1999
John Carey FBA
1982
Peter Carey
1989
Sir Raymond Carr FBA FRHistS
1977
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 FRHistS FBA
2004
Tony Connor
1972
Robert Conquest CMG OBE
1972
P. J. Conrad
1974
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
Shelagh Delaney
1985
Anita Desai , Medalla Benson
1978
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
Jane Dunn
1999
Douglas Dunn OBE
1981
Nell Dunn
2004
Geoff Dyer
2005
*Umberto Eco
1992
David Edgar
1985
Max Egremont (Lord Egremont DL)
2001
Anne Enright
2008
Richard J. Evans FBA
1999
Bernardine Evaristo
2004
Ruth Fainlight
2007
Julian Fane
1974
U. A. Fanthorpe CBE
1988
Moris Farhi MBE
2001
Sebastian Faulks CBE
1994
Elaine Feinstein
1981
James Fenton
1983
Adam Fergusson
2010
Maggie Fergusson
2007
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 CBE
2003
Robert Fraser
2007
Michael Frayn C Lit
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
*Lord Gavron CBE
1996
Maggie Gee , vicepresident
1994
Amitav Ghosh
2009
Sir Martin Gilbert CBE
1977
Sir David Gilmour Bt
1990
Lesley Glaister
1994
Victoria Glendinning CBE , Vice-President
1982
Julian Gloag
1970
*Martyn Goff CBE
2002
Magdalen Goffin
1980
Nadine Gordimer , Medalla Benson
1975
Lyndall Gordon
2002
Warwick Gould
1997
Grey Gowrie (Comte de Gowrie)
2003
*Günter Grass
1993
A. C. Grayling
2006
Peter Green
1956
Lavinia Greenlaw
2004
John Gribbin
1999
John Gross
1992
Romesh Gunesekera
2004
Abdulrazak Gurnah
2006
Tessa Hadley
2009
John Haffenden FBA
1986
William Hague
2009
John Halperin
1985
Georgina Hammick
2001
Christopher Hampton CBE
1976
Barbara Hardy FBA
1997
Sir David Hare
1985
Claire Harman
2006
Richard Harries (Lord Harries de Pentregarth)
1996
Robert Harris
1996
Wilson Harris
2007
Tony Harrison
1984
David Harsent
1999
Ronald Harwood CBE , Vice-President
1974
Sir Max Hastings
1996
Lady Selina Hastings
1994
Roy Hattersley (Lord Hattersley)
2003
*Václav Havel
1993
Cameron Hazlehurst
1973
Shirley Hazzard
1998
Tim Heald
2000
Denis Healey (Lord Healey CH MBE )
1993
*Seamus Heaney C Lit
1991
*Drue Heinz DBE
2002
Philip Hensher
1998
Dominic Hibberd
2002
Geoffrey Hill
1972
Reginald Hill
1999
Rosemary Hill
2009
Bevis Hillier
1997
Tim Hilton
1993
Barry Hines
1977
Russell Hoban
1988
Eric Hobsbawm CH FBA
2006
Mary Hocking
1977
Eva Hoffman
2007
Richard Hoggart
2003
Ursula Holden
2010
Alan Hollinghurst
1995
Richard Holmes OBE FBA
1975
Sir Michael Holroyd CBE C Lit FRHistS , President
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
Dan Jacobson
2007
Ian Jack
2009
Clive James
2010
P. D. James (Baronessa 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
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 El Duc de Kent
1978
Sir Frank Kermode FBA
1958
Thomas Kilroy
1972
Francis King CBE
1952
Matthew Kneale
2003
Shiv K. Kumar
1978
Hanif Kureishi CBE
2008
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
*Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor DSO OBE C Lit
1991
Laurence Lerner
1984
*Doris Lessing CH C Lit
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
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
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, Medalla Benson
1998
Glyn Maxwell
1999
Derwent May
1996
Ernest Mehew
1999
Ved Mehta
2009
Edward Mendelson
2003
Jeffrey Meyers
1983
Stanley Middleton
1999
Mary Midgley
2007
Karl Miller
1992
Michael Millgate
1983
Pankaj Mishra
2008
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 (Lord Ravensdale MC )
1980
Andrew Motion
1984
Ferdinand Mount
1991
Paul Muldoon
1981
Alice Munro
2002
Richard Murphy
1968
V. S. Naipaul (Sir Vidia Naipaul C Lit)
1962
Venetia Newall FSA
1980
Charles Nicholl
2005
Grace Nichols
2007
Peter Nichols
1983
William Nicholson
1999
Adam Nicolson
2005
Vivien Noakes
1996
Gerard Noel
1999
Leslie Norris
1974
John Julius Norwich (Viscount Norwich CVO FSA)
1970
Robert Nye
1977
Sean O'Brien
2007
Kathleen Odell
1979
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
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 (Baronesa Rendell de Babergh CBE )
1988
Christopher Ricks FBA
1970
Jane Ridley
2007
Matt Ridley DL FMedSci
1999
William Rivière
2000
Graham Robb
1999
Andrew Roberts
2001
Michèle Roberts
1999
Robin Robertson
2009
Jane Rogers
1994
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
Giles St Aubyn LVO
1964
William St Clair FBA
1973
Norman St John-Stevas (Lord St John of Fawsley)
1966
*John Saumarez Smith , Medalla Benson
1996
J. J. Scarisbrick
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
Jo Shapcott
1999
Norman Sherry
1985
Posy Simmonds MBE
2004
Helen Simpson
1996
Andrew Sinclair
1972
Clive Sinclair
1983
Iain Sinclair
2009
Robert Skidelsky (Lord Skidelsky de Tilton FRHistS )
1978
Ali Smith
2007
Godfrey Smith
1995
*Julia Abel Smith
2009
Lacey Baldwin Smith FRHistS
1972
Zadie Smith
2002
Mary Soames (Lady Soames DBE )
2000
Ahdaf Soueif
2002
*Wole Soyinka , Medalla Benson
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
2009
Stanley Stewart
2001
Sir Tom Stoppard OM CBE C Lit
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
1982
Hugh Thomas (Lord Thomas de Swynnerton FRHistS )
1997
Ian Thomson
2003
Colin Thubron CBE , Vice-President
1969
Ann Thwaite
1987
Anthony Thwaite OBE
1978
Gillian Tindall
1983
Colm Tóibín
2007
A.Trevor Tolley
1998
Nikolai Tolstoy
1979
Claire Tomalin , Vice-President
1976
Sue Townsend
1993
Jeremy Treglown
1989
Rose Tremain CBE
1983
Raleigh Trevelyan
1973
William Trevor KBE C Lit
1976
Lynne Truss
2004
Eva Tucker
2010
Jenny Uglow CBE
1998
Barry Unsworth
1974
Edward Upward , Medalla Benson
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 Rev Rowan Williams
2003
A. N. Wilson
1982
Frances Wilson
2008
Dame Jacqueline Wilson
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
L'asterisc (*) davant del nom indica que és Company honorífic.
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