Were Iain Banks and Osip Mandelstam from the same country?
Osip Mandelstam Osip Emilyevich Mandelshtam (Russian: О́сип Эми́льевич Мандельшта́м ; ] ; 15 January [O.S. 3 January] 1891 – 27 December 1938) was a Polish-Jewish poet and essayist who lived in Russia during and after its revolution and the rise of the Soviet Union. He was the husband of Nadezhda Mandelshtam and one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school of poets. He was arrested by Joseph Stalin's government during the repression of the 1930s and sent into internal exile with his wife Nadezhda. Given a reprieve of sorts, they moved to Voronezh in southwestern Russia. In 1938 Mandelstam was arrested again and sentenced to a camp in Siberia. He died that year at a transit camp.
Tony Banks (musician) Anthony George "Tony" Banks (born 27 March 1950) is an English musician, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist, primarily known for being the keyboardist and a founder member of the rock band Genesis. He is one of the only two members (the other being bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford) who have been with Genesis throughout the band's entire history. In 2010, Banks was inducted (as a member of Genesis) into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2015, he was named "Prog God" at the annual Progressive Music Awards. Banks is ranked No. 11 on MusicRadar's greatest keyboard players of all time.