In the 2012 National Student Survey we were ranked overall joint 1st in the UK for Imaginative Writing and joint 3rd for English Studies teaching.
"The School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing has pushed me beyond all the boundaries I even knew existed and allowed me to develop as a writer more than I knew was possible."
Natalie-Jane Matthews Graves, 3rd Year student
My year at UEA was one of the best of my life.
Ian McEwan, graduate and Booker Prize winner

The School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia has a long-established international reputation in literary studies. World famous for its pioneering courses in creative writing, it is also home to prize-winning scholars and translators of literature and drama from all periods.

Our unique approach to the study of literature and writing is powered by our conviction that – to quote Ezra Pound – ‘literature is news that stays news'. At all levels of study, and on all degree courses, the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia is the place where criticism and creativity go hand in hand.

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