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About John Banville
AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST, SHORT STORY WRITER, REBINDER
John Banville is an Irish novelist, short story writer, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter. During his storied career, he’s published numerous books to great acclaim, including Nightspawn, The Sea, The Book of Evidence, and The Revolutions Trilogy. Banville has received numerous awards including the Man Booker Prize and the Franz Kafka Prize.
Banville’s deep connection to James Joyce’s Dubliners is rooted in his lifelong admiration of the short story collection. As an acclaimed writer and critic who shares Joyce’s Irish heritage, Banville is a perfect guide to introduce Dubliners to a new generation or reintroduce Dubliners to returning readers. His thoughtful questions and commentary, available exclusively on Rebind, invite you to experience Joyce’s masterpiece like never before.
Selections of John Banville’s Published Works
John Banville’s Accolades
- Booker Prize
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize
- International Nonino Prize
- Franz Kafka Prize
- Austrian State Prize for European Literature
- Prince of Asturias Award for Literature
John Banville In The News
- The New York Times: John Banville, the Contemporary Novelist Who Avoids Contemporary Novels
- Forbes: The Rich Rewards of Writing Well
- The Bookseller: Faber snaps up John Banville’s ‘richly atmospheric’ new Strafford and Quirke mystery
- The New York Times: John Banville Puts Two of His Detectives on a Murder Case
- Korea Herald: Literary giants from France, India, Ireland nominated for Pak Kyongni Prize
We go to art in order to have a more vivid sense of what it is to be a human being. And when you read Joyce's Dubliners, as is the case when you experience any real work of art, you do have that vivified sense of what it is to be alive.
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