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Ian McEwan

1948 - Today

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Ian Russell McEwan (born 21 June 1948) is a British novelist and screenwriter. In 2008, The Times featured him at number 35 on its list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945", and The Daily Telegraph ranked him number 19 out 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ian McEwan is the 887th most popular writer (down from 659th in 2019), the 832nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 501st in 2019) and the 86th most popular British Writer.

Ian McEwan is a British novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his novels, The Cement Garden, Enduring Love, Atonement, and Saturday.

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Among writers, Ian McEwan ranks 887 out of 7,302. Before him are Varlam Shalamov, James May, Shoko Asahara, Appius Claudius Caecus, Aron Nimzowitsch, and Robert E. Howard. After him are Marie Mancini, Zenodotus, Chevalier d'Éon, Kang Youwei, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, and Philippe Ariès.

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Among people born in 1948, Ian McEwan ranks 67. Before him are Phylicia Rashad, Maye Musk, Claude Jade, Ian Paice, Arie Haan, and Bille August. After him are Hartmut Michel, Siim Kallas, William Daniel Phillips, Ray Kurzweil, Carl Weathers, and Valentin Ceaușescu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian McEwan ranks 832 out of 8,785. Before him are Colin Maclaurin (1698), Asma al-Assad (1975), Alice Liddell (1852), Nicko McBrain (1952), Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), and Louis Wain (1860). After him are Denis Law (1940), Oliver Heaviside (1850), Chris Norman (1950), Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850), Mary Quant (1930), and Brian Cox (1946).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Ian McEwan ranks 86. Before him are Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), John Bunyan (1628), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Julian Barnes (1946), Douglas Adams (1952), and James May (1963). After him are Ernest Thompson Seton (1860), Eleanor Marx (1855), Wilkie Collins (1824), Samuel Richardson (1689), H. Rider Haggard (1856), and Christopher Tolkien (1924).

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