December 8, 1945 -
Irish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter
Author of "The Book of Evidence" (for which he was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989), "The Sea" (for which he won the Booker Prize in 2005 and the Irish Book Awards' Irish Book of the Decade shortlist in 2010) and "Ancient Light" (for which he won the Irish PEN Award in 2013)
Born William John Banville
Irish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter
Author of "The Book of Evidence" (for which he was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989), "The Sea" (for which he won the Booker Prize in 2005 and the Irish Book Awards' Irish Book of the Decade shortlist in 2010) and "Ancient Light" (for which he won the Irish PEN Award in 2013)
Born William John Banville
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