| 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[disambiguation needed  ] |
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[disambiguation needed ] |
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[disambiguation needed ] |
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[disambiguation needed ] |
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.
