John Banville
Biography
John Banville
John Banville
BIO
John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. His first
book, LONG LANKIN, was published in 1970. Among his other books are
NIGHTSPAWN, BIRCHWOOD, THE NEWTON LETTER, MEFISTO, and THE BOOK OF
EVIDENCE (which was short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize). He has
also received a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He is
the former literary editor of the Irish Times and lives in
Dublin.
John Banville
