They've announced that Acclaimed Writer Ian McEwan's Archive Acquired by Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin -- and:
In The Guardian Mark Brown reports that the HRC paid US$2,000,000 for the archive -- not bad.
Most of McEwan's more recent work is under review at the complete review; see, for example, Atonement.
The archive includes scrapbooks kept by McEwan's mother, containing cuttings of his magazine work and reviews, photographs and audio and video tape recordings, including copies of radio and television broadcasts.And:
From 1997 onward, McEwan's complete email correspondence is preserved as part of the archive.(Does that really mean every last bit of e-mail ? Even if not .... dear god .....)
In The Guardian Mark Brown reports that the HRC paid US$2,000,000 for the archive -- not bad.
Most of McEwan's more recent work is under review at the complete review; see, for example, Atonement.