Awards & Winners

Iain Banks

Date of Birth 16-February-1954
Place of Birth Dunfermline
(United Kingdom, Fife, Scotland)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Iain M. Banks, Iain Menzies Banks
Profession Author, Novelist, Writer
Iain Banks was a 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. Following the publication and success of The Wasp Factory, Banks began to write on a full-time basis. His first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas, was released in 1987, marking the start of the popular The Culture series. 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". In April 2013, Banks announced that he had inoperable cancer and was unlikely to live beyond a year. He died on 9 June 2013.

Awards by Iain Banks

Check all the awards nominated and won by Iain Banks.

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Prometheus Award for Best Novel Matter
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Matter

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Hugo Award for Best Novel The Algebraist
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel The Algebraist

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Look to Windward

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Excession

1996


BSFA award for best novel
Honored for : Excession

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
James Tiptree, Jr. Award Excession

1995


Tähtivaeltaja Award
Honored for : The Player of Games

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Feersum Endjinn

1994


BSFA award for best novel
Honored for : Feersum Endjinn

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Against a Dark Background

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Arthur C. Clarke Award Use of Weapons

1989


Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel The Player of Games