Clive James CBE – Year of election 2010

Clive James CBE has published over 30 works of memoir, essays and poetry, including Peregrine Prykke’s Pilgrimage, Falling Towards England and Brilliant Creatures.  He is also an outstanding critic: his volume of critical essays, Cultural Amnesia, is considered by many a masterpiece.  He was awarded the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal for Literature in 2003, and the George Orwell Special Prize in 2008 for a lifetime achievement in journalism and broadcasting. He was made a CBE in 2011.