Ian McEwan wins Israel's highest literary honor

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Ian McEwan wins Israel's highest literary honor

Jan 19 2011

Ian McEwan has been awarded the $10,000 Jerusalem Prize. Israel's highest literary honor for foreign writers is given biennially to an author whose work best expresses and promotes the idea of "freedom of the individual in society."

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