Elected: 2018
Year of birth: 1950
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Baroness Helena Kennedy QC has long been one of our great barristers, creating new law for women in the process. During her tenure as Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, she raised money for a new Human Rights Centre as well as hosting a regular stream of writers and human rights champions for public talks. She was Chair of the Booker Prize Foundation from 2015 to 2020 and was also Chair of the British Council, where she was prominent innovator during her tenure.
Fellows are nominated by peers and elected by our Council of writers – our governing Board. Being elected a Fellow of the RSL is a lifetime honour. This role gives them the opportunity to support other writers, readers and the future of literature. The RSL connects writers in the Fellowship to one another, and to a wider readership.
