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Taneja, Preti

Preti Taneja

Elected: 2023

Image credit: Suki Dhanda

Preti Taneja is a writer and activist whose critically acclaimed fiction and non-fiction has won and been nominated for awards including the Desmond Elliott Prize, the Gordon Burn Prize, and the Prix Jan Michalski. Her stories and prose-poetry are widely anthologised, and her work translated into several languages. Born in the UK, she lives in Newcastle upon Tyne where she is Professor of World Literature and Creative Writing at Newcastle University.

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Fellowship Election Process​

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.