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John Banville
William John Banville is an Irish novelist, short story writer, television adaptation and screenwriter. Although he is described as "the heir of Proust, through Nabokov", Banville himself insists that W. B. Yeats and Henry James are two real influencers in his work. Banville won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1976, the Booker Prize 2005, the Franz Kafka Prize 2011, the Austrian State Prize for European Literature 2013 and the Prince Asturias Prince Prize for Literature 2014. Elected Member of the Royal Literature Association in 2007, Italy appointed him Cavalier of the Ordine della Stella d'Italia in 2017. Former member of Aosdána, he voluntarily gave up his financial allowance, key in 2001 to go elsewhere, poorer, writer . Born in Wexford in the south-east of Ireland, Banville published her first novel, Nightspawn, in 1971. The second book, Birchwood, followed two years later.
BornDecember 8, 1945, Wexford, Ireland
Pen nameBenjamin Black
OccupationNovelist, Screenwriter
LanguageHiberno-English
Alma materSt Peter's College, Wexford
SubjectsActing, mathematics, mythology, painting, science
Notable worksDoctor Copernicus, Kepler, The Newton Letter, The Book of Evidence, Ghosts, Athena, The Untouchable, Eclipse, Shroud, The Sea, The Infinities, Ancient Light
Notable awardsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize, 1976, Booker Prize, 2005, Franz Kafka Prize, 2011, Austrian State Prize for European Literature, 2013, Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, 2014, Ordine della Stella d'Italia, 2017
Years active1970s—present

About John Banville

Novelist John Banville was born on December 8, 1945 in Ireland (He's 78 years old now).

He has been described as"one of the most imaginative literary novelists writing in English" and"one of the most imaginative literary novelists writing in English" because of his forensic language style and black humor.

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John Banville before becoming famous

John Banville was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1945 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He intended to be a painter and architect as a young adult and worked as a clerk at Aer Lingus.

Achievement of John Banville

He has written criminal thrillers under the pen name Benjamin Black.

John Banville's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Before divorcing textile artist Janet Dunham, he had two sons with her.

John Banville on Social Media

John Banville Collabed with

Irish author Autobiographer Frank O'Connor is well-known.

John Banville Income & Net worth

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Latest information about John Banville updated on March 16 2023.