Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1945
- Works
- 274
Top works
- A Collection of four hundred and fifty primary and secondary works by and about John Banville
- Best European Fiction 2013
- ha-Muḳtseh
- La señora Osmond
- Quirke en San Sebastián
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
Known for
- Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street — Self - Writer2017
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 63
- Total plays
- 405
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,187x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,528x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,305x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,190x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,820x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1945-12-08 ) 8 December 1945 (age 80) , Wexford , Ireland
- Pen name
- Benjamin Black, B. W. Black
- Occupation
- Novelist, Screenwriter
- Language
- English ( Hiberno-English )
- Alma mater
- St Peter's College, Wexford
- Subjects
- Acting , mathematics , mythology , painting , science
- Years active
- 1970s—present
- Notable works
- Doctor Copernicus , Kepler , The Newton Letter , The Book of Evidence , Ghosts , Athena , The Untouchable , Eclipse , Shroud , The Sea , The Infinities , Ancient Light
- Notable awards
- James 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
- Spouse
- Janet Dunham ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 ; died 2021 )
- Partner
- Patricia Quinn
Key dates
- Born
- 8 December 1945
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Wexford
- Occupation
- author
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- www.john-banville.com
- Image
- John Banville (2019) III.jpg
Article
William John Banville (born 8 December 1945) is an Irish novelist, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter. A former member of Aosdána, he voluntarily relinquished the financial stipend in 2001 to another, more impoverished, writer.
Banville has been publishing books since 1970, when a short story collection appeared, with his first novels emerging soon after. His "Revolutions Trilogy", published between 1976 and 1982, comprises works named after renowned scientists: Doctor Copernicus, Kepler and The Newton Letter. His next work, Mefisto, had a mathematical theme, and, in combination with the three books from the "Revolutions Trilogy," is the fourth book from the "Scientific Tetralogy." Banville's 1989 novel The Book of Evidence began the "Frames Trilogy," dealing with the work of art; it was completed by Ghosts and Athena during the 1990s. This early fiction was the subject of numerous academic studies in the late 20th-century, including Rüdiger Imhof's John Banville: A Critical Introduction (1989), Joseph McMinn's John Banville: A Critical Study (1991) and The Supreme Fictions of John Banville (1999).
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1945 births20th-century Irish male writers20th-century Irish novelists20th-century pseudonymous writers21st-century Irish male writers21st-century Irish novelists21st-century pseudonymous writersAosdána membersBooker Prize winnersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesFellows of the Royal Society of LiteratureInternational Writing Program alumni