John Banville’s Ancient Light: Of Memory and Invention
Interview by Alison Wells published online in The Magazine on 25 July 2012.
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John is to receive the Leto Prize 2013 on October 1st. Other recipients include Michel Houellebecq, Amelie Nothomb, Martin Amis, Paul Auster and Enrique Vila-Matas
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John received 2 prizes recently the XIII Premio Leteo , awarded by the city of León in Spain, and the Premio Liber, awarded by the Association of Spanish Publishing Houses.
View ArticleFranz Kafka Reviews
John Banville reviews three recently published books on Franz Kafka in the latest edition of The New York Review of Books. The entire review may be read here
View ArticleISLA (Irish Spanish Latin American) Literary Festival
John will be making the opening speech at this year’s ISLA (Irish Spanish Latin American) Literary Festival in Dublin’s Instituto Cervantesthis Friday (18 October) at 4pm. Admission is free and open to...
View ArticleBord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards
John was presented with the ‘Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award’ on 26 November at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards. Past recipients include Maeve Binchy, John McGahern, Edna O’Brien, William...
View ArticleJohn Banville reviews Isaiah Berlin’s Building
Letters 1960-1975 in the latest edition of The New York Review of Books.
View ArticleQuirke
The first episode of Quirke, the new three-part series based on the novels of Benjamin Black, aired on RTÉ last Sunday. The first episode, ‘Christine Falls’, starring Gabriel Byrne and Michael Gambon,...
View ArticleReview of Beckett’s Echo’s Bones in the NewStatesman
John reviews Samuel Beckett’s Echo’s Bones in the Spring double issue of the NewStatesman. The full review can be read here
View ArticlePrince of Asturias Award for Literature
John has become the first Irish author to receive Spain’s most coveted literary prize, the prestigious Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. The award, established in 1981, is conferred on those...
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