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MichaelBeardisinhislatefifties;bald,overweight,unprepossessing–aNobelprize-winningphysicistwhosebestworkisbehindhim.Tradingonhisreputation,hespeaksforenormousfees,lendshisnametotheletterheadsofrenownedscientificinsti
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IanMcEwanwasbornon21June1948inAldershot,England.HestudiedattheUniversityofSussex,wherehereceivedaBAdegreeinEnglishLiteraturein1970.HereceivedhisMAdegreeinEnglishLiteratureattheUniversityofEastAnglia.McEwan'sworkshaveearnedhimworldwidecriticalacclaim.HewontheSomersetMaughamAwardin1976forhisfirstcollectionofshortstoriesFirstLove,LastRites;theWhitbreadNovelAward(1987)andthePrixFéminaEtranger(1993)forTheChildinTime;andGermany'sShakespearePrizein1999.HehasbeenshortlistedfortheManBookerPrizeforFictionnumeroustimes,winningtheawardforAmsterdamin1998.HisnovelAtonementreceivedtheWHSmithLiteraryAward(2002),NationalBookCritics'CircleFictionAward(2003),LosAngelesTimesPrizeforFiction(2003),andtheSantiagoPrizefortheEuropeanNovel(2004).HewasawardedaCBEin2000.In2006,hewontheJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrizeforhisnovelSaturdayandhisnovelOnChesilBeachwasnamedGalaxyBookoftheYearatthe2008BritishBookAwardswhereMcEwanwasalsonamedReader'sDigestAuthoroftheYear.McEwanlivesinLondonandiscurrentlywritinganewnovel.HismostrecentlypublishedworkisForYou,alibretto.--ianmcewan.com
