Iain Banks (Scottish writer)
- Iain M. Banks
- Iain Menzies Banks
- Sort Name
- Banks, Iain
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1954-02-16
- Place of birth
- Dunfermline
- Date of death
- 2013-06-09
- Place of death
- Kirkcaldy
Wikipedia
Iain Menzies Banks ( ; 16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks. His books have been adapted for theatre, radio, and television. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945.
Banks began writing full time after the success of his debut novel The Wasp Factory (1984), which has since sold over a million copies and been translated into 80 languages; in 2016, it was named the second-best Scottish novel of all time in a public poll by the BBC. His first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas (1987), marked the start of the Culture series, consisting of eight further novels.
In April 2013, Banks revealed he had inoperable cancer and was unlikely to live beyond a year. He died on 9 June 2013.
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Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies.
Last modified: 2022-03-16 (revision #86152)
Editions
| Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Die Auserwählte | Paperback | 3-442-43527-7 | 1997-04 |
| Consider Phlebas | eBook | 9780748109999 | 2008-09 |
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- Iain Banks(Scottish writer) wrote blurb for Die Ahnen der Sterne
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- 2025-04-16