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John Banville.
WELL-KNOWN writer and 2005 Booker Prize winner, John Banville, will speak at a Tionól Mhic Easmainn ‘evening’ in Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee, on Thursday, May 2, at 8pm.
Mr Banville will give his views on the 1916 patriot, Roger Casement on the invitation of The Casement Gathering organising committee, under the chairmanship of S.S.Ó Conchubhair.
John Banville, who was born in Wexford in 1945, and educated at Scoil na mBráithre Críostaí and St Peter’s College.
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When his college days ended, he worked as a clerk for Aer Lingus but later joined The Irish Press as a sub-editor in 1969. He worked as a journalist for over thirty years and was Literary Editor for The Irish Times from 1988 to 1999.
He won the Booker Prize for ‘The Sea’ back in 20015 and among his other literary honours are the ‘Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement’ Award and the acclaimed ‘Prince of Asturias’ Award for Literature for his ‘outstanding contribution to universal literature’ (Spain’s most coveted literary prize).
Some people might remember ‘Quirke’ ón RTÉ, his three-part series based on the novels of ‘Benjamin Black’.
