KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 -— Bruce 'The Boss' Springsteen has become the first non-British songwriter to be named an Ivors Academy Fellow.

The 74-year-old singer-songwriter and guitarist joins the ranks of Sir Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, Joan Armatrading and Sting in being inducted into the UK based academy and would receive the honors in London on May 23, Billboard reported.