Royal Society of Literature

Royal Society of Literature

Dades
Tipus	societat científica acadèmia nacional
Camp de treball	literatura
Història
Creació	1820
Fundador	Jordi IV del Regne Unit
Governança corporativa
Seu	Strand, London WC2R 1LA Somerset House (Anglaterra)
Empleats	4 (2018)
Indicador econòmic
Ingressos totals	549.358 £ (2018)
Lloc web	rsliterature.org

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 Arxivat 2012-05-02 a Wayback Machine., i administra diversos premis literaris, incloent el 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.

Presidents

• 1820–1832 Thomas Burgess
• 1832–1833 Lord Dover
• 1834–1845 El Comte de Ripon
• 1845–1849 Henry Hallam
• 1849–1851 El Marquès de Northampton
• 1851–1856 El Comte de Carlisle
• 1856–1874 Bisbe de St. David
• 1874–1876 Bisbe de Thirlwall
• 1876–1885 El Príncep Leopold
• 1885–1893 Sir Patrick de Colquhoun
• 1893–1920 El Comte de Halsbury
• 1921–1946 El Marquès de Crewe
• 1946–1947 El Comte de Lytton
• 1947–1982 Lord Butler de Saffron Walden
• 1983–1988 Sir Angus Wilson
• 1988–2003 Lord Jenkins de Hillhead
• 2003–2008 Sir Michael Holroyd
• 2008–present Colin Thubron

Membres Actuals

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.

Enllaços externs

• The Royal Society of Literature website
• Revista annual de la RSL Arxivat 2015-06-03 a Wayback Machine.
• Premis i distincions literàries Arxivat 2015-06-03 a Wayback Machine.