Sir Alan James Hollinghurst is an acclaimed English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator. Born on May 26, 1954, he has significantly contributed to the literary world. Hollinghurst's work is known for infusing gay-themed fiction into mainstream literature through his seven novels since 1988.

He was awarded the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award and the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. His novel, The Line of Beauty, won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2004.

He pursued English at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating in 1975, and later earned a Master of Literature in 1979. During his Oxford years, he was awarded the Newdigate Prize for poetry in 1974. In the late 1970s, he lectured at various Oxford colleges and later at University College London. From 1982 to 1995, he served as deputy editor of The Times Literary Supplement.

Hollinghurst currently resides in London.