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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › John_BanvilleJohn Banville - Wikipedia

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   Website. www .john-banville .com. William John Banville (born 8 December 1945) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, adapter of dramas and screenwriter. [2] Though he has been described as "the heir to Proust, via Nabokov ", Banville himself maintains that W. B. Yeats and Henry James are the two real influences on his work. [3] [1] Banville ...

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2. www.britannica.com › biography › John-BanvilleJohn Banville | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

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   John Banville (born December 8, 1945, Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish novelist and journalist whose fiction is known for being referential, paradoxical, and complex. Common themes throughout his work include loss, obsession, destructive love, and the pain that accompanies freedom. Banville has also published mysteries under the pseudonym Benjamin ...

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3. www.bookseriesinorder.com › john-banvilleJohn Banville / Benjamin Black - Book Series In Order

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   John Banville is an Irish author of fiction as well as playwright and screenwriter. He is known for his darkly humorous writing, precise forensic style, and thick poetry. He was born in Wexford, Ireland, on December 8, 1945. Banville also writes under the pen name of Benjamin Black, under which he wrote Christine Falls and then The Silver Swan.

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     John Banville on how and why he writes novels

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5. www.irishtimes.com › culture › booksJohn Banville: ‘I’m 76 now, and I’m as baffled by the world ...

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   Oct 20, 2022 · John Banville, talking to me via Zoom from his home in Howth, tells me how his new novel The Singularities “feels like a last book, certainly the last book of its kind.”

6. www.goodreads.com › author › showJohn Banville (Author of The Sea) - Goodreads

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   • Birth Date: December 8, 1945

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   • Snow (St. John Strafford, #2)
   • April in Spain (Quirke, #8)
   • The Book of Evidence (The Freddie Montgomery Trilogy #1)

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8. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › booksJohn Banville: ‘For 40 minutes I was a Nobel Prize winner’

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   Banville, who won the Booker Prize in 2005 with The Sea, was an outside bet for this year’s Nobel prize – Ladbrokes had him at 25/1, well ahead of English rivals AS Byatt and Ian McEwan ...

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   Sep 2, 2023 · John Banville is an Irish novelist, the author of the Booker Prize-winner “The Sea”. “The Singularities” is now out in paperback on Swift Press; “The Lock-Up” is published by Faber ...

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    Who is William John Banville?

    • William John Banville was born to Agnes (née Doran) and Martin Banville, a garage clerk, in Wexford, Ireland. He is the youngest of three siblings; his older brother Vincent is also a novelist and has written under the name Vincent Lawrence as well as his own.

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    What is John Banville best known for?

    • John Banville (born December 8, 1945, Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish novelist and journalist whose fiction is known for being referential, paradoxical, and complex. Common themes throughout his work include loss, obsession, destructive love, and the pain that accompanies freedom.

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    How old is John Banville now?

    • John Banville: 'I’m 76 now, and I’m as baffled by the world as I was when I was five years old.' Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times “I can’t see myself doing that again.”

    John Banville: ‘I’m 76 now, and I’m as baffled by the world as I was

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    What does John Banville say about being a writer?

    • John Banville says he “cannot see any point in being less than candid” about the truth of what it takes to be a writer. “We are monstrous creatures,” he says in his usual measured yet sardonic tone. “We are cannibals. We will consume and use anything. “Nothing,” he adds, “is sacred.” We chat early in the morning on Zoom.

    John Banville: ‘For 40 minutes I was a Nobel Prize winner’

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