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 |
Richard J. 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 |
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 |
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 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 Hon Dr Matt 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 |
Norman St John-Stevas (The Lord St John of Fawsley PC) |
1966 |
*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 Rev Dr 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.