Elected: 2024
Nii Ayikwei is a curator, editor and writer. His debut novel, Tail of the Blue Bird, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize and won France’s two major prizes for translated fiction – Prix Baudelaire and Prix Laure Bataillon – in 2014. Translated in multiple languages, he has also written for National Geographic, Financial Times, the Guardian and Lonely Planet. His most recent books are poetry collections The Geez and The Ga Picture Alphabet and Azúcar, a novel.
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.
