Benjamin Black Biography

John Banville was born in Wexford Ireland in 1945. He was educated at Christian Brothers Schools and St. Peter's College Wexford. He worked in journalism from 1969 as a sub-editor on The Irish Press and from 1986 at The Irish Times. He was Literary Editor at The Irish Times from 1988 to 1999.
Banville's first book Long Lankin a collection of short stories and a novella was published in 1970. His first novel Nightspawn came out in 1971. Subsequent novels are Birchwood Doctor Copernicus Kepler The Newton Letter Mefisto The Book of Evidence Ghosts Athena The Untouchable Eclipse Shroud The Sea and The Infinities. His non-fiction book Prague Pictures: Portraits of a City was published in 2003.
The Newton Letter was filmed for Channel 4 Television as Reflections with a script by the author and directed by Kevin Billington. Banville has adapted Elizabeth Bowen's novel The Last September which was filmed for Scala Productions in 1997 directed by Deborah Warner with a cast including Maggie Smith Michael Gambon Fiona Shaw and Jane Birkin; the film was produced by Yvonne Thunder with Neil Jordan and Steven Woolley as executive producers.

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