Editing Margaret Drabble (section)

==Awards and honours==
Drabble was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in [[Elizabeth II]]'s [[1980 Birthday Honours#Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)|1980 Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48212|supp=y|page=8|date=13 June 1980}}</ref> and was promoted to [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in the [[2008 Birthday Honours]].<ref name="British Council: Literature"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58729|supp=y|page=6|date=14 June 2008}}</ref>

*1966: [[John Llewellyn Rhys Prize|John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize]], for ''[[The Millstone (novel)|The Millstone]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://facstaff.unca.edu/moseley/rhys.html|title=The Mail on Sunday/John Llewllyn Rhys Prize|access-date=9 July 2009|archive-date=4 December 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051204020406/http://facstaff.unca.edu/moseley/rhys.html}}</ref>
*1967: [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]], for ''[[Jerusalem the Golden]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/events/tait-black/winners|title=Previous winners|publisher=James Tait Black Memorial Prize|access-date=26 August 2013}}</ref>
*1972: ''[[The Yorkshire Post]]'' Book Award (Finest Fiction), for ''[[The Needle's Eye (novel)|The Needle's Eye]]''<ref name="British Council: Literature"/>
*1973: [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] [[E. M. Forster Award]]<ref name="British Council: Literature"/>
*1976: [[Honorary degree|Honorary]] doctorate from the [[University of Sheffield]]<ref name="British Council: Literature"/>
*1987: Honorary doctorate from the [[University of Manchester]]<ref name="British Council: Literature"/>
*1988: Honorary doctorate from the [[Keele University]]<ref name="British Council: Literature"/>
*1988: Honorary doctorate from the [[University of Bradford]]<ref name="British Council: Literature"/>
*1992: Honorary doctorate from the [[University of Hull]]<ref name="British Council: Literature"/>
*1994: Honorary doctorate from the [[University of East Anglia]]<ref name="British Council: Literature"/>
*1995: Honorary doctorate from the [[University of York]]<ref name="British Council: Literature"/>
*2003: [[St. Louis Literary Award]], given by the [[Saint Louis University]] Library Associates<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slu.edu/libraries/associates/award.html|title=Website of St. Louis Literary Award|access-date=25 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823003924/http://www.slu.edu/libraries/associates/award.html|archive-date=23 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lib.slu.edu/about/associates/literary-award/drabble|title=Saint Louis University Library Associates Announce Winner of 2003 Literary Award|publisher=Saint Louis University Library Associates|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref>
*2006: [[Honorary degree|Honorary]] [[Doctor of Letters|Doctorate in Letters]] from the [[University of Cambridge]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/honorary-degrees-2006|title=Honorary Degrees 2006|publisher=University of Cambridge|date=3 July 2006}}</ref>
*2011: [[Golden PEN Award]] by [[English PEN]], for "a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.englishpen.org/prizes/golden-pen-award-for-a-lifetimes-distinguished-service-to-literature|title=Golden Pen Award, official website|publisher=[[English PEN]]|access-date=3 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/drabble-wins-golden-pen.html|title=Drabble wins Golden PEN|work=[[The Bookseller]]|first=Benedicte|last=Page|date=1 December 2011|access-date=3 December 2012}}</ref>