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John Banville

Irland · Schriftsteller · Geboren 1945 · Alter 80

John Banville wird in 44 Sprachen etwa 515 Mal am Tag gelesen.

Ein typischer Tag, 30 Tage bis 22. Oktober 2026

Der mittlere Tag der gezählten Tage, damit eine Nachrichtenwoche ihn nicht verschieben kann. Die Linie darunter zeigt die letzten 397 Tage, ein Punkt pro Tag.

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John Banville (* 8. Dezember 1945 in Wexford, Irland) ist ein irischer Schriftsteller und Literaturkritiker englischer Sprache. Für seinen Roman Die See erhielt er 2005 den Man Booker Prize. Unter dem Pseudonym Benjamin Black schreibt er auch Kriminalromane.

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Stationen eines Lebens

2014Princess of Asturias Literary PrizeAuszeichnung2013“As a boy I was very solitary but blissfully happy. We lived on the edge of town in Wexford and I wandered the fields with my dog, declaiming Keats to the trees.”Eigene Worte30. Juni 2013Ciara Dwyer. John Banville: Who cares whodunnit?, The Daily Beast (30 June 2013)

“I remember my father didn't say very much - he was a very laconic man. When he'd go to a party, he would become very animated. My mother would say - 'Look at him.”Eigene Worte30. Juni 2013Ciara Dwyer. John Banville: Who cares whodunnit?, The Daily Beast (30 June 2013)

“Look at what goes on in our heads when we think about our family or we think about sex. There are things in there that you'd never really say to anybody.”Eigene Worte30. Juni 2013Ciara Dwyer. John Banville: Who cares whodunnit?, The Daily Beast (30 June 2013)

“If you think I'm being bleak, I'm not. It's wonderful to be making yourself up. That's what makes life so exciting. It's an unending adventure.”Eigene Worte30. Juni 2013Ciara Dwyer. John Banville: Who cares whodunnit?, The Daily Beast (30 June 2013)

“I like to dress conservatively because then the outrageous things you say are even more outrageous.”Eigene Worte30. Juni 2013Ciara Dwyer. John Banville: Who cares whodunnit?, The Daily Beast (30 June 2013)

“When I created Quirke, he was 6ft 6in and blond. But then a woman reader wrote to me and said, 'Why do you keep saying his hair is blond? It's not.”Eigene Worte30. Juni 2013Ciara Dwyer. John Banville: Who cares whodunnit?, The Daily Beast (30 June 2013)

Austrian State Prize for European LiteratureAuszeichnung2011Franz Kafka PrizeAuszeichnung2007Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAuszeichnung2005Booker PrizeAuszeichnung2003International Nonino PrizeAuszeichnung1976James Tait Black Memorial PrizeAuszeichnung1945Geboren8. Dezember 1945

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10 Aussagen, neueste zuerst
  1. As a boy I was very solitary but blissfully happy. We lived on the edge of town in Wexford and I wandered the fields with my dog, declaiming Keats to the trees.

    30. Juni 2013, Ciara Dwyer. John Banville: Who cares whodunnit?, The Daily Beast (30 June 2013), Eigene Worte

  2. I never learned the names of the streets because I couldn't wait to get out. It was too small and I was bored.

    30. Juni 2013, Ciara Dwyer. John Banville: Who cares whodunnit?, The Daily Beast (30 June 2013), Eigene Worte

  3. I remember my father didn't say very much - he was a very laconic man. When he'd go to a party, he would become very animated. My mother would say - 'Look at him.

    30. Juni 2013, Ciara Dwyer. John Banville: Who cares whodunnit?, The Daily Beast (30 June 2013), Eigene Worte

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Auszeichnungen

Princess of Asturias Literary Prize2014
Austrian State Prize for European Literature2013
Franz Kafka Prize2011
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature2007
Booker Prize2005
International Nonino Prize2003
James Tait Black Memorial Prize1976
Irish PEN Award
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
AWB Vincent Literary Award

Im Umfeld

Geschwister: Vincent Banville

Zur Person

Land
Irland
Kategorie
Schriftsteller
Art
Schriftsteller / Autor
Status
lebend
Daten
Geboren 1945 · Alter 80

Fame.am misst Signale öffentlicher Sichtbarkeit. Es misst nicht den Wert eines Menschen, Talent, Moral oder Glaubwürdigkeit.