Concetti Chiave
- Ian McEwan, born in 1948 in Aldershot, explores the mind's obsessions and crises in his work, opposing war and advocating for cooperation.
- He spent his childhood in Singapore and North Africa due to his father's military postings, later returning to England for education in Suffolk.
- McEwan studied English literature at the University of Sussex and completed a creative writing course at the University of East Anglia.
- His personal life saw him gaining sole custody of his son after a legal battle with his first wife; he married journalist Annalena McAfee in 1997.
- McEwan began his writing career in the early 1970s with short stories, publishing his first novel, The Cement Garden, in 1978.
Ian McEwan
Novelist and playwright, he is always concerned with the exploration of the mind, particularly with the morbid obsessions of people, their actions and feelings in moments crisis. He hates the horror of war, and feels the necessity of co-operation and mutual comprehension among people. Ian McEwan was born in 1948 in Aldershot, a small garrison town in Surrey. His father was a soldier who was posted first to Singapore then to North Africa, where Ian consequently spent his childhood.
He went back to England to attend a state-run boarding school in Suffolk and, on leaving, he studied English literature at the University of Sussex, graduating in 1970. and completing an M.A. degree in the same subject at the University of East Anglia. While at East Anglia he took a creative writing course taught by the novelists Angus Wilson and Malcolm Bradbury.He married, but divorced his first wife, who, in 1919, kidnapped their 13 - year -old son, taking him to France. McEwan obtained the sole custody of his son and his ex-wife was heavily fined. His second wife is a journalist, Annalena McAfee, whom he married in 1997. He began writing short stories for literary magazines in the early 1970s. In 1978 he published his first novel, The Cement Garden. Since then he has written novels, plays, screenplays ans scripts for television, winning several prizes and awards. He currently lives in Oxford with his family.
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