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Amsterdam

by Ian McEwan

Booker · 1998 · Winner
Literary FictionISBN 9781575110608

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Booker Prize1998Winner

About the Author

Ian McEwanBritish

Ian McEwan (born June 21, 1948) is a British novelist and screenwriter renowned for his psychologically complex narratives exploring moral ambiguity and human consequences, with notable works including the Booker Prize-winning Amsterdam (1998), Atonement (2001, adapted into an Oscar-winning film), Saturday (2005), and On Chesil Beach (2007). He has received major awards such as the Whitbread Novel Award (1987), Shakespeare Prize (1999), Jerusalem Prize (2011), and was appointed CBE (2000) and CH (2023) for services to literature.

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