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Iain Banks

1954 - 2013

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Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, adding the initial of his middle name Menzies ( ). After the success of The Wasp Factory (1984), he began to write full time. His first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas, appeared in 1987, marking the start of the Culture series. His books have been adapted for theatre, radio, and television. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Iain Banks is the 3,441st most popular writer (up from 3,784th in 2019), the 2,760th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,684th in 2019) and the 313th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Iain Banks ranks 3,441 out of 7,302. Before him are Roberto Arlt, Edith Durham, Ai Yazawa, Wallace Stevens, Angelos Sikelianos, and Futabatei Shimei. After him are Mouloud Mammeri, Michel Ocelot, Laza Lazarević, Remigius of Auxerre, Gérard de Villiers, and Gregory Corso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Iain Banks ranks 214. Before him are Ingrid Daubechies, Alice, Juanito, Kathleen Quinlan, Hary Gunarto, and Bouasone Bouphavanh. After him are Basia, Abdelaziz Djerad, Roddy Piper, Pascal Greggory, Christian Gross, and Bobby Sands. Among people deceased in 2013, Iain Banks ranks 205. Before him are Armando Trovajoli, Aleksandr Serebrov, Jim Hall, Aslan Usoyan, Vlatko Marković, and Francis Hong Yong-ho. After him are Gérard de Villiers, Kevin Ayers, Jeff Hanneman, Olga Gyarmati, Tommy Morrison, and Gerda Lerner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Iain Banks ranks 2,761 out of 8,785. Before him are William Bayliss (1860), Kyle Walker (1990), Quentin Skinner (1940), Edith Durham (1863), Joseph Raphson (1648), and Asser (900). After him are Nicollette Sheridan (1963), Paul Hunter (1978), Bob Peck (1945), Agnes Arber (1879), Marion Chesney (1936), and Arthur Wynne (1871).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Iain Banks ranks 313. Before him are E. Nesbit (1858), William Hope Hodgson (1877), Frances Burney (1752), Ephraim Chambers (1680), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), and Edith Durham (1863). After him are Marion Chesney (1936), Jojo Moyes (1969), Peter James (1948), John Winthrop (1588), Richard Hakluyt (1552), and Anthony Horowitz (1955).

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