Ian mcewan brief biography of william
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Ian McEwan: biography
| Ian McEwan's Biography | |
| Birth: | 21st June 1948 |
| Father: | David McEwan |
| Mother: | Rose Lilian Violet Moore |
| Spouse/Partners: | Penny Allen (1982-1995), Annalena McAfee (1997 - present) |
| Children: | 2 |
| Famous Works: | |
| Nationality: | English |
| Literary Period: | Postmodernism |
Born in Aldershot, Hampshire on 21st June 1948, McEwan spent his early childhood in East Asia, Germany and North Africa. His father, David McEwan, was a Scotsman who worked his way up in the Army, retiring as a Major. Rose Lilian Violet McEwan, his mother, was married and had two children when she met David. They started an affair which then turned into a surprise pregnancy and then marriage.
The child was given up for adoption and Rose McEwan no längre had much contact with the two children from her first marriage. McEwan only later discovered his brother, who had been given up for adoption.
When Ian McEwan was 12 and he was sent to Woolverstone entré School in Suffolk.
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Ian McEwan
British novelist and screenwriter (born 1948)
Ian Russell McEwanCH CBE FRSA FRSL (born 21 June 1948) is a British novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, The Times featured him on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 19 in its list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture".[1]
McEwan began his career writing sparse, Gothic short stories. His first two novels, The Cement Garden (1978) and The Comfort of Strangers (1981), earned him the nickname "Ian Macabre". These were followed by three novels of some success in the 1980s and early 1990s. His novel Enduring Love was adapted into a film of the same name. He won the Booker Prize with Amsterdam (1998). His next novel, Atonement, garnered acclaim and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film featuring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. His later novels have included The Children Act, Nutshell, and Machines Like Me
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Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan, as the son of a British sergeant major of Scots descent, had a typical, well-traveled, army childhood. A self-described “very mediocre pupil” until he began to be excited by English literature, McEwan started his writing career penning short stories after following up university with a master’s course in creative writing at East Anglia. The first one he submitted was accepted by the New American Review, and the proceeds paid for his trip to Afghanistan in 1971. Upon his return to England, McEwan taught English to non-native speakers and proceeded to write two well-regarded story collections, First Love, Last Rites (which won the Somerset Maugham Award) and In Between the Sheets. McEwan has written nine novels including The Cement Garden, The Comfort of Strangers, The Child in Time, The Innocent, Black Dogs, Enduring Love, Amsterdam, Atonement, and, most recently, Saturday. He has won a Whitbread Award and a Booker Prize.
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