VenueWilliam Pitt Union Ballroom 

Date03/26/2013 

Time8:30 PM - 10:00 PM  

Event TypeReading 

GenreFiction 

SponsorPittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series 

Cost $0.00
 

Description and Reader Names: Ian McEwan's works have earned him worldwide critical acclaim. He has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction numerous times, winning the award for Amsterdam in 1998. His novel Atonement received the WH Smith Literary Award (2002), National Book Critics' Circle Fiction Award (2003), Los Angeles Times Prize for Fiction (2003), and the Santiago Prize for the European Novel (2004). He was awarded a CBE in 2000. In 2006, he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel Saturday, and his novel On Chesil Beach was named Galaxy Book of the Year at the 2008 British Book Awards. McEwan has been named the Reader's Digest Author of the Year for 2008, the 2010 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award, and in 2011 was awarded the Jerusalem Prize. McEwan lives in London. His latest novel is Sweet Tooth.

Primary Contact PersonPittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series 

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Telephone4126246508 

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Is this an open mic event? No 

Is this a book signing? Yes 

Will author's books be for sale? Yes 

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CityPittsburgh 

StatePA 

Zip15260 

Days/Hours of Operation9am-10pm 

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AuthorUniversity of Pittsburgh Writing Program  

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