Banville, John: - John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945.
He lives in Dublin..
In 2011 he was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize, in 2013 he was awarded the Irish PEN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Irish Literature and in 2014 he won the Prince of Asturias Award, Spain\'s most important literary prize.
He is the author of numerous novels, including The Sea , which won the 2005 Booker Prize, and the DI Quirke novels written under the pseudonym Benjamin Black.
Banville, John: - John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945