Ian mcewen biography
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Ian McEwan was born in Aldershot, England on June 21, His father was a Scotsman and was a sergeant major in the British Army. As a result, Ian spent some of his childhood living abroad in places like Singapore and Libya while his father was on military campaigns during the Cold War.
McEwan's mother was previously married and had two children from that marriage. One, her oldest son Ernest Wort, was killed in action during the D-Day invasions of France in Ian's mother and father also had a child out of wedlock, David Sharp, who was given up for adoption in because of the affair between his parents before Ian's mother was divorced. McEwan has referred to instances of alcohol and spousal abuse initiated by his father. In one interview, the author remembers attempting to intervene in such abuse; he was prevented from doing so by his mother who insisted it was not his place to get involved. For all intents
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Ian McEwan
British novelist and screenwriter (born )
Ian Russell McEwanCH CBE FRSA FRSL (born 21 June ) is a British novelist and screenwriter. In , The Times featured him on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since " and The daglig Telegraph ranked him number 19 in its list of the " most powerful people in British culture".[1]
McEwan began his career writing sparse, Gothic short stories. His first two novels, The Cement Garden () and The bekvämlighet of Strangers (), earned him the nickname "Ian Macabre". These were followed by three novels of some success in the s and early s. His novel Enduring Love was adapted into a film of the same name. He won the Booker Prize with Amsterdam (). His next novel, Atonement, garnered acclaim and was adapted into an Oscar-winning bio featuring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. His later novels have included The Children Act, Nutshell, and Machines Like Me. He was awarded the Shakespeare Prize,
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McEwan, Ian
Childhood and education
Ian Russell McEwan was born on 21st June in Hampshire to parents Rose and David. McEwan had a somewhat turbulent childhood due to his father’s posting as an officer in the British Army, which often required the family to frequently move from country to country. In , McEwan was sent to Woolverstone Hall, a boarding school located in Sussex, and he remained in Sussex for his undergraduate education. His time there influenced his later novel writing, with his spy romance novel, Sweet Tooth, being partly set at the University of Sussex. In , following his undergraduate studies, McEwan attended the University of East Anglia, and while studying for his MA there met Penny Allen, whom he would later marry and have two sons with. The two later divorced, and McEwan married Annalena McAfee, with whom he remains today.
Becoming a novelist
During his MA, McEwan began experimenting with short-story writing. In , short stories including ‘Conversation