Author
Ian McEwan
From his first published work, 1975’s Somerset Maugham Award-winning short story collection First Love, Last Rites, to his acclaimed novels, including Atonement, On Chesil Beach and 1998’s Man Booker Prize-winning Amsterdam, Ian McEwan’s stories have captured and provoked the imaginations of readers worldwide. His numerous accolades – Whitbread Novel of the Year (The Child in Time), National Book Critics’ Circle Fiction Award and Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction (Atonement), multiple Man Booker Prize short-listings and a CBE – are testament to a lifetime dedicated to his craft. Beyond his much-celebrated novels and short stories, he has written successful plays, children’s books and screenplays, and several of his books have been translated to screen, including Christopher Hampton’s 2007 adaptation of Atonement and his own 2017 adaptations of On Chesil Beach and The Children Act. His immeasurable contributions to the arts have been acknowledged via multiple honorary titles, awards and fellowships, including recognition by the Royal Society of Literature and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.