Ian McEwan's Blog

Ian McEwan recently accepted the Jerusalem prize for literature, an honor awarded biennially to writers whose work deals with themes of individual freedom in society. The first winner in 1963 was the philosopher Bertrand Russell and other recipients include Simone de Beauvoir, JM Coetzee and Mario Vargas Llosa.

On 20 February 2011, Ian McEwan gave an acceptance speech during the award ceremony.

Ian McEwan has been awarded the Jerusalem prize for literature, an honor awarded biennially to writers whose work deals with themes of individual freedom in society. The first winner in 1963 was the philosopher Bertrand Russell and other recipients include Simone de Beauvoir, JM Coetzee and Mario Vargas Llosa.

On 26 January 2001, Ian McEwan published this letter in The Guardian:

Israel critics

Ian McEwan was awardeed the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, an annual award given by the Tulsa Library Trust. Its purpose is to give formal recognition, on behalf of the Tulsa County community, to internationally acclaimed authors who have written a distinguished body of work and made a major contribution to the field of literature and letters. Past award winners include Joyce

Zorica Đergović-Joksimović
Ijan Makjuan: polifonija zla
Geopoetika, 2009
ISBN: 9788676662043
 
Ian McEwan has demonstrated a remarkable interest in the problem of evil from the very beginning of his writing career. yet, he is not focused on the anthropology of evil but is primarily attracted to the epistemology of evil and the presentation how this encounter is reflected upon the lives of his

Ian McEwan: Art and Politics
Pascal Nicklas
Universitätsverlag Winter Heidelberg, 2010
ISBN: 978-3-8253-5654-5

Order a copy online via the publisher Universitätsverlag WINTER.

From the Publisher:

Ian McEwan's work is paradigmatic for the intricate relationship between art and politics in British fiction. Whereas his early work is more concerned with the family and its perversions, there is a

The Ian McEwan Website now has a page on Facebook. We hope this page will serve as a useful and interactive supplement to Ian's official website and that fans of his work will join and participate by posting their thoughts, etc. Anyone can view the posts, so have a look!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ian-McE...

Best wishes!

Ian McEwan is scheduled to appear at four U.S. events to promote his new novel Solar. Please be sure to confirm dates and ticketing information directly with the event organizers.


April 6, 8:00 pm
92nd St. Y and Unterberg Poetry Center
1395 Lexington Ave.
New York, NY 10128

April 7, 7:30 pm
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Folger Exhibition Hall
201 East Capitol St.
SE Washington, DC 20003

April

Conversations with Ian McEwan collects sixteen interviews, conducted over three decades, with the author (b. 1948) of such highly praised novels as Enduring Love, Atonement, Saturday, and On Chesil Beach.

McEwan discusses his views on authorship, the writing process, and the major themes found in his fiction, but he also expands upon his interests in music, film, global politics, the sciences,

Random House is delighted to announce the publication of a new novel by Ian McEwan, Solar.

Solar is an engrossing and satirical novel which focuses on climate change and will be published on 18 March 2010. This story – of one man's ambitions and self-deceptions – is a stylish new work by one of the word's greatest living writers.

Michael Beard is in his late fifties; bald, overweight,