ON CHESIL BEACH
It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come and, unbeknownst to them both, the events of the evening will haunt them for the rest of their lives.
IAN MCEWAN
Ian Russell McEwan born 21 June 1948 is a British novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, The Times featured him on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 19 in its list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture". McEwan began his career writing sparse, Gothic short stories. His first two novels, The Cement Garden 1978 and The Comfort of Strangers 1981 , earned him the nickname "Ian Macabre". These were followed by three novels of some success in the 1980s and early 1990s. His novel Enduring Love was adapted into a film of the same name. He won the Booker Prize with Amsterdam 1998 . His next novel, Atonement, garnered acclaim and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film featuring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. His later novels have included The Children Act, Nutshell, and Machines Like Me. He was awarded the 1999 Shakespeare Prize, and the 2011 Jerusalem Prize.
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MCEWAN IAN
Ian Russell McEwan nació el 21 de junio de 1948 en Aldershot, Inglaterra, hijo de David McEwan y Rose Lilian Violet Moore. Pasó parte de su infancia en Asia Oriental, Alemania y el norte de África debido al destino militar de su padre. A los doce años regresó a Inglaterra y estudió en Woolverstone Hall School, luego en la Universidad de Sussex, donde obtuvo un B.A. en Literatura Inglesa, y en la Universidad de Anglia del Este, donde completó un M.A. en Escritura Creativa. Publicó su primera colección de relatos en 1975 y desde entonces ha escrito novelas, guiones y obras teatrales. Está casado con Annalena McAfee desde 1997 y tiene dos hijos.