Society of Authors
The Society of Authors is a British writers' union . It was founded in 1884 to protect authors' rights and promote their interests. Its first president was Alfred Tennyson and the current president is Philip Pullman .
The organization, based in London , is led on a voluntary basis by a twelve-member committee of authors that is elected every three years. Other members besides the chairman David Donachie are currently among others. a. Joanne Harris , Mary Hoffman , Celia Rees and Charles Palliser . There is also a kind of board of directors to which numerous well-known writers belong.
There are several specialized and regional subgroups - e.g. B. for Scotland, Children's Literature and Translation - in the Society. It has published the magazine The Author at least quarterly since 1890 , awards grants and awards several translation and literary prizes , e. B. the Cholmondeley Award for poetry, the Eric Gregory Award for poetry by young authors, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for biographies, the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for translators, the Somerset Maugham Award for young authors and the Betty Trask Prize also for young authors.