The University of East Anglia's Creative Writing Course was founded by Sir Malcolm Bradbury and Sir Angus Wilson in 1970. The M.A. is widely regarded as the most prestigious and successful in the country and competition for places is notoriously tough. Alumni include Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, Anne Enright, Andrew Cowan, Deirdre Madden, Glenn Patterson, Kathryn Hughes, Suzannah Dunn, Erica Wagner, Phil Whitaker, Tracy Chevalier, Susan Elderkin, Jane Harris, Martyn Bedford, Trezza Azzopardi, Stephen Foster, Mick Jackson, John Boyne, Richard Beard, Toby Litt, Louise Doughty, Andrew Miller, Susan Fletcher, Owen Sheers, Panos Karnesis, Esther Morgan, Kathryn Simmonds, Adam Foulds, Diana Evans, Tash Aw, Naomi Alderman, Clare Allen, Donna Daley-Clarke, Clare Wigfall, Mark McNay, James Scudamore, Joe Dunthorne, James Sorel-Cameron, Mohammed Hanif...
The course is split into three strands: Prose, Poetry and Scriptwriting (which is Skillset accredited). All three result in an M.A. qualification upon successful completion of the course. The Course Directors are currently Andrew Cowan, Lavinia Greenlaw and Val Taylor respectively. Course tutors include Amit Chaudhuri, Trezza Azzopardi, Giles Foden and George Szirtes.
Writers such as Angela Carter, Rose Tremain, Andrew Motion, W.G Sebald, Michèle Roberts and Patricia Duncker have also taught on the course.
External links
- UEA Creative Writing webpages
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