Author
Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan is a British author, born on 21 June 1948 in Aldershot. Best-known works include The Cement Garden and Atonement. Honours include Somerset Maugham Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Prix Femina étranger.
The Bookish Elf has reviewed 1 book by Ian McEwan, mostly dystopian and fantasy, published by Knopf, first published in 2025.
Born 21 June 1948, AldershotFrom United Kingdom
Books reviewed1
Our average4.0★from 1 rated
Our review
What We Can Know2025 · ★ 4.0
Awards & honours
20 recordedBooker Prize1998National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction2002James Tait Black Memorial Prize2005Bodley Medal2014
Literary prizes
Bodley Medal 2014James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2005National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction 2002Booker Prize 1998Jean Monnet Prize 2024Goethe Medal 2020Jerusalem Prize 2011Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2010Helmerich Award 2010Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service 2007Shakespeare Prize 1999Prix Femina étranger 1993Somerset Maugham Award 1976Flaiano Literary Prize
Honours & fellowships
Honorary doctorate of Carlos III University 2018Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 1983Fellow of the Royal Society of ArtsCommander of the Order of the British EmpireFellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesHonorary doctor of the University of Sussex
Books
1 bookFrequently asked questions
How many Ian McEwan books has The Bookish Elf reviewed?
We have reviewed 1 book by Ian McEwan: What We Can Know.