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Ian McEwan was born on 21
June 1948 in Aldershot, England. He studied at the University of Sussex,
where he received a BA degree in English Literature in 1970. He received
his MA degree in English Literature at the University of East Anglia.
McEwan's works have earned him worldwide critical acclaim. He won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1976 for his first collection of short stories First Love, Last Rites; the Whitbread Novel Award (1987) and the Prix Fémina Etranger (1993) for The Child in Time; and Germany's Shakespeare Prize in 1999. He has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction numerous times, winning the award for Amsterdam in 1998. His novel Atonement received the WH Smith Literary Award (2002), National Book Critics' Circle Fiction Award (2003), Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction (2003), and the Santiago Prize for the European Novel (2004). He was awarded a CBE in 2000. In 2006, he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel Saturday and his novel On Chesil Beach was named Galaxy Book of the Year at the 2008 British Book Awards where McEwan was also named Reader's Digest Author of the Year. McEwan lives in London and is currently writing a new novel. His most recently published work is For You, a libretto. |
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Help for Students! Click Here to view books about Ian McEwan and his novels, including critical editions and A-Level guides to Atonement and Enduring Love. Recent News New Book on Bernie C. Byrnes argues here that David Sharp's secret existence has had a profound influence on McEwan's creativity from the beginning and traces its effect through his fiction. To order, please visit the On Chesil Beach Visit your local independent bookshop to order Ian McEwan's books, or purchase them online via Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, Borders, Nan A. Talese, Powell's, Jonathan Cape, Vintage, Random House Canada, Random House Australia, localbookshops.co.uk, Waterstone's, or from a variety of Independent Booksellers. |
THE FULL FLOURISHING OF SOLAR TECHNOLOGY "Philip Larkin began a poem with the hypothesis, 'If I were called in/ To construct a religion/ I should make use of water'. Instead of water, I would propose the sun, and the religion I have in mind is a rational affair, with enormous aesthetic possibilities and of great utility." Read the rest of McEwan's response at: www.edge.org
As the first performance draws near, the maestro is suddenly awoken to the chaos, and as Charles struggles to regain control of his life, a terrible tragedy begins to unfold. "For You" is a beautifully wrought and compelling libretto - It is Ian McEwan at his very best. Order a copy online via Vintage, Amazon.co.uk, or from a variety of quality Independent Booksellers.
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| Novels: The Cement Garden The Comfort of Strangers The Child in Time The Innocent |
| Black Dogs Enduring Love Amsterdam Atonement Saturday On Chesil Beach |
| Stories: First Love, Last Rites In Between the Sheets |
| Children's Fiction: Rose Blanche The Daydreamer |
| Screenplays: The Imitation Game & Other Plays The Ploughman's Lunch Soursweet |
| Oratorio / Libretto: Or Shall We Die? For You |
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