Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan CH CBE FRSA FRSL
McEwan in 2011
Born	Ian Russell McEwan (1948-06-21) 21 June 1948 (age 76) Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Occupation	Novelist, screenwriter
Alma mater	University of Sussex University of East Anglia
Period	1975–present
Spouse	Penny Allen (1982–1995) Annalena McAfee (1997–present)
Children	2
Website
ianmcewan.com

Ian Russell McEwan CH 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. He was awarded the 1999 Shakespeare Prize, and the 2011 Jerusalem Prize.