Michael Holroyd
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Sir Michael De Courcy Fraser Holroyd, CBE (born August 27, 1935) is a biographer, born in London and educated at Eton College. From 1985 to 1988 he was the president of the English branch of PEN. He is married to the author Margaret Drabble. Awards include the 2001 Heywood Hill Literary Prize and the 2005 David Cohen Prize for literature. Holroyd is also President of the Royal Society of Literature and was knighted in the 2007 New Years' Honours List.