John Banville
John Banville (Wexford, desimber 1945) is in Ierske romanskriuwer en filmsenarioskriuwer. Syn roman The Book of Evidence (1989) waard nominearre foar de Man Booker Prize en wûn de Guinness Peat Aviationpriis. Syn achttjinde roman, The Sea, wûn de Man Booker Prize yn 2005. Somtiden brûkt er de skûlnamme Benjamin Black.
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Banville is bekend fan syn sekuere, wat ûnderkuolle skriuwstyl, Nabokovkaanske fernimstichheid, en foar de frijwat swarte koartswiligens fan syn oer it generaal skarlunige fertellers. Banville stribbet nei in proaza dat "de tichtens en tsjûkens fan poëzij hat".[1]
Prizen
bewurkje seksje| Jier | Priis | Foar |
| 1976 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Doctor Copernicus |
| 1981 | Guardian Fiction Prize | Kepler |
| Allied Irish Bank Fiction Prize | ||
| American-Irish Foundation Award | Birchwood | |
| 1989 | Guinness Peat Aviation Award | The Book of Evidence |
| 1989 | Booker Prize (koarte list) | The Book of Evidence |
| 2005 | Booker Prize | The Sea |
Wurk
bewurkje seksje- Long Lankin (1970; revised ed.1984)
- Nightspawn (1971)
- Birchwood (1973)
- Doctor Copernicus: A Novel (1976)
- Kepler, a Novel (1981)
- The Newton Letter: An Interlude (1982)
- Mefisto (1986)
- The Book of Evidence (1989)
- Ghosts (1993)
- The Broken Jug: After Heinrich von Kleist (1994) - toanielstik
- Athena: A Novel (1995)
- The Ark (1996)
- The Untouchable (1997)
- God's Gift: A Version of Amphitryon by Heinrich von Kleist (2000)
- Eclipse (2000)
- Shroud (2002)
- Prague Pictures: Portrait Of A City (2003)
- The Sea, (2005)
- Love In The Wars (nei Heinrich von Kleist syn Penthesilea, 2005)
- The Infinities (2009)
- Ancient Light (2012)
- The Blue Guitar (2015)
- Mrs Osmond (2017) - sequel foar The Portrait of a Lady fan Henry James
- Snow (2020)
Literatuer
bewurkje seksje- John Banville, a critical study troch Joseph McMinn; Gill and MacMillan; ISBN 0-7171-1803-7
- The Supreme Fictions of John Banville troch Joseph McMinn; (Oktober 1999); Manchester University Press; ISBN 0-7190-5397-8
- John Banville: A Critical Introduction troch Rudiger Imhof (Oktober 1998) Irish American Book Co; ISBN 0-86327-582-6
- John Banville: Exploring Fictions troch Derek Hand; (Juny 2002); Liffey Press; ISBN 1-904148-04-2
Keppelings om utens
bewurkje seksje- Aosdána biografyske notysje
- 1990 audio ynterview mei John Banville, 35 min 31 s, RealAudio
- As clear as mirror glass. John Banville yn in fraachpetear mei Three Monkeys Online Magazine
- The Dubliner Magazine
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