Alastair Niven

Alastair Niven
OBE LVO Hon FRSL
Born
Alastair Neil Robertson Niven

(1944-02-25) 25 February 1944 (age 80)
Edinburgh, Scotland
NationalityEnglish
EducationDulwich College; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; University of Ghana; University of Leeds
Occupation(s)Literary scholar and author
AwardsBenson Medal, 2021

Alastair Neil Robertson Niven OBE LVO Hon FRSL (born 25 February 1944)[1] is an English literary scholar and author. He has written books on D. H. Lawrence, Raja Rao, and Mulk Raj Anand, and has been Director General of The Africa Centre, Director of Literature at the Arts Council of Great Britain and of the British Council, a principal of Cumberland Lodge, and president of English PEN. In 2021, Niven was chosen as the recipient of the Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature, awarded for exceptional contribution to literature.[2]

  1. ^ Miranda H. Ferrara, ed. (2004). The Writers Directory 2005. St. James Press. p. 1246. ISBN 978-1-55862-528-0.
  2. ^ "RSL announces 44 new Fellows and Honorary Fellows". The Royal Society of Literature. 6 July 2021.