Anita Desai was elected as an RSL Fellow in 1978. Anita is a novelist and the Emerita John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at MIT. She has been shortlisted for the The Booker Prize three times and won the Guardian Book Award for The Village By The Sea.
News & Updates
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Windrush 75 in Verse
22/06/2023
On 22 June, we mark the 75th anniversary of Windrush by joining forces with The London Library to br …
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Daisy Hildyard Wins the 2023 Encore Award for ‘Emergency’
16/06/2023
The 2023 Encore Award winner was revealed as Daisy Hildyard for Emergency (Fitzcarraldo Editions) on …
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The Pulse of a Perfect Heart: Three New Commissions
14/06/2023
There! Out it boomed. First a warning, musical; then the hour, irrevocable. The leaden circles disso …
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Paterson Joseph Wins the 2023 RSL Christopher Bland Prize
08/06/2023
The 2023 RSL Christopher Bland Prize winner is Paterson Joseph for The Secret Diaries of Charles Ign …