伊恩·麦克尤恩作为英国当代文坛极负盛名的作家,与格雷厄姆·斯威夫特、朱利安·巴恩斯、马丁·艾米斯齐名,是英国文坛目前最具影响力的作家之一。他1948年出生于英格兰奥尔德肖特,1967年进入苏塞克斯大学读书,1970年获得英语文学学士学位,1975年伊恩·麦克尤恩发表了他攻读硕士学位期间的作品,即短篇小说集《最初的爱、最后的仪式》。小说集仅有8个短篇,却产生了巨大反响,并在1976年 Ian McEwan, best known writer in the contemporary British literary world, is best known as Graham Swift, Julian Barnes and Martin Amis and is currently the most influential writer in English literary world one. He was born in Aldershot, England, in 1948, studied at the University of Sussex in 1967, and received a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 1970. In 1975, Ian McEwan published his work during his master’s degree, short Novel collection “the first love, the last ritual.” Only eight short stories collection, but has had a huge response, and in 1976