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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.

Our President is the biographer Sir Michael Holroyd, and our Chair the biographer Anne Chisholm. A Council of Fellows meets monthly to oversee the lecture programme and to campaign in support of writers.

Sir Michael Holroyd

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