Biography

Alan Hollinghurst was born on May 26, 1954 in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK. He is a writer, known for The Line of Beauty (2006), M on the Bund (2024) and Christmas University Challenge (2011).

In the Independent on Sunday 2006 Pink List - a list of the most influential gay men and women - he came no. 16, down from no. 15.

He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2025 King's New Years Honours List for his services to literature. He is an author in London, England.