McEwan

British  

/ məˈkjuːən /

noun

1. Ian ( Russell ). born 1948, British novelist and short-story writer. His books include First Love, Last Rites (1975), The Child in Time (1987), The Innocent (1990), Amsterdam (which won the Booker prize in 1998), Atonement (2001), Saturday (2005), and On Chesil Beach (2007)

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Example Sentences

“I am confident that his discipline and focus will continue to drive BHP’s high-performance culture and advance the company’s unrivaled pipeline of growth options to maximize shareholder returns,” Chair Ross McEwan said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

What We Can Know By Ian McEwan Knopf: 320 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

Metcalfe’s thesis is driven by a romanticized notion of Blundy’s life, but as McEwan slowly and carefully reveals, his poem, ostensibly a “repository of dreams,” more closely resembles a passive-aggressive act.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Women's Prize for Fiction winner, children's author Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Ian McEwan, author of Atonement, will also be part of the event.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

Chancing to look back from the hall, Mary saw that McEwan had seated himself in the grandmother's chair, and was holding the heavy shy Jamie at his knee, one arm thrown round him.

From The Nest Builder by Hale, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson