William John Banville is an Irish novelist, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter. A former member of Aosdána, he voluntarily relinquished the financial stipend in 2001 to another, more impoverished, writer.
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As a boy I was very solitary but blissfully happy. We lived on the edge of town in Wexford and I wandered the fields with my dog, declaiming Keats to the trees.
Ciara Dwyer. John Banville: Who cares whodunnit?, The Daily Beast (30 June 2013)
I never learned the names of the streets because I couldn't wait to get out. It was too small and I was bored.
Ciara Dwyer. John Banville: Who cares whodunnit?, The Daily Beast (30 June 2013)
I remember my father didn't say very much - he was a very laconic man. When he'd go to a party, he would become very animated. My mother would say - 'Look at him.
Ciara Dwyer. John Banville: Who cares whodunnit?, The Daily Beast (30 June 2013)
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