Iain banks biography

One of the most inventive British authors, Iain Banks writes contemporary biting fiction and, under the name Iain M Banks, grand science fiction novels. He was born in Fife, and studied English, Philosophy and Psychology at Stirling University. His first novel, The Wasp Factory, established Banks as a new and fresh voice in Scottish writing. Many of his books share the dark tone of The Wasp Factory, although none are as graphically violent. Tackling politics, religion, pop culture, science and technology, Banks is unafraid of controversy. His fiction can be grounded in reality – Dead Air was one of the first post-9/11 novels – or in strange dreamscapes like the world of The Bridge.

His science fiction novels are mostly set in a futurist, idealistic, socialist anarchy called The Culture, where everything is possible and anyone can become anyone – or anything – they want. The non-Culture novels (Feersum Endjinn, Against A Dark Background and The Algebraist

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Iain Banks

Scottish writer (–)

Iain Banks (16 February – 9 June ) was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, adding the första of his adopted middle name Menzies (). After the success of The Wasp Factory (), he began to write full time. His first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas, appeared in , marking the start of the Culture series. His books have been adapted for theatre, radio, and television. In , The Times named Banks in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since ".^[5]

In April , Banks announced he had inoperable cancer and was unlikely to live beyond a year.^[6] He died on 9 June ^[7]

Early life

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Banks was born in Dunfermline, Fife, to a mother who was a professional ice skater and a father who was an officer in the Admiralty. An only child, he lived in North Queensferry until the age of nine, near the naval dockyards in Rosyth, where his father was

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Iain Banks

Iain Menzies Banks (16 February &#; 9 June )^[1] was a Scottishwriter. He wrote fiction under the name Iain Banks. When he wrote science fictionbooks he wrote his name as Iain M. Banks. He was known for his book The Wasp Factory.

Banks was born on 16 February in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. He studied at University of Stirling. Banks was married to Annie Banks from until they separated in Then he was married to Adele Hartley from March until his death. He had no children. Politically he supported the Scottish Socialist Party.^[2] Banks died on 9 June from gallbladdercancer after being diagnosed in early April. He was 59 years old.^[3]

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