Question

In which year was Forster awarded the Order of Merit?

• A. 1945
• B. 1960
• C. 1969
• D. 1971

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 1969

E. M. Forster was awarded the Order of Merit in 1969. Queen Elizabeth II presented him with the award. 

• E. M. Forster (1879-1970) was a well-known novelist and short story writer. He was a champion of liberalism. 

• In 1953, Forster was made a Companion of Honour. 

• In 1961, he was one of the first five authors to be named a Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature. 

• Forster was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature 16 times but never won. 

• He died of a stroke in 1970 at the age of 91.