John Banville
John Banville | |
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Biografske informacije | |
Rođenje | 8. 12. 1945. (1945-12-08) (dob: 78) Wexford, Irska |
Pseudonim | Benjamin Black |
Nacionalnost | irsko |
Obrazovanje | |
Zanimanje | romanopisac |
Opus | |
Znamenita djela | |
The Book of Evidence, The Untouchable |
John Banville (8. 12. 1945. –) je ugledni irski romanopisac i novinar. Njegov roman, The Book of Evidence (1989) je bio kandidat za Bookerovu nagradu. To je priznajne godine 2005. osvojio njegov osamnaesti roman 'The Sea.
Banville je poznat po preciznom i hladnom proznom stilu, Nabokovljevskoj inventivnosti, te crnom humoru svojih naratora.
Djela
- Long Lankin (1970; revidirano izd. 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) drmaa
- Seachange (izveden 1994. u dublinskom Focus Theatreu; neobjavljeno)
- Athena: A Novel (1995)
- The Ark (1996) (izdano 260 primjeraka)
- The Untouchable (1997)
- God's Gift: A Version of Amphitryon by Heinrich von Kleist (2000)
- Eclipse (2000)
- Shroud (2002)
- Dublin 1742 (drama za djecu od 9-14 godina; izvedena godine 2002. u dublinskom Arku; neobjavljena)
- Prague Pictures: Portrait Of A City (2003)
- The Sea (2005)
- Love In The Wars (adaptacija Pentezileje Heinricha von Kleista, 2005)
- Christine Falls (krimi-roman pod imenom Benjamin Black, 2006)
- The Silver Swan (kao Benjamin Black, 2007)
- The Lemur (kao Benjamin Black, 2008. nastavci u New York Timesu)
- The Infinities (2009)
- Ancient Light (2012)
- The Blue Guitar (2015)
Literatura
- John Banville, a critical study by Joseph McMinn; Gill and MacMillan; ISBN 0-7171-1803-7
- The Supreme Fictions of John Banville by Joseph McMinn; (October 1999); Manchester University Press; ISBN 0-7190-5397-8
- John Banville: A Critical Introduction by Rüdiger Imhoff (October 1998) Irish American Book Co; ISBN 0-86327-582-6
- John Banville: Exploring Fictions by Derek Hand; (June 2002); Liffey Press; ISBN 1-904148-04-2
- Irish University Review: A Journal of Irish Studies: Special Issue John Banville Edited by Derek Hand; (June 2006)
Vanjske veze
- Aosdána biographical note Arhivirano 2007-03-23 na Wayback Machine-u
- Šablon:WiredForBooks
- As clear as mirror glass. John Banville in interview with Three Monkeys Online Magazine
- John Banville na Internet Book List
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Dobitnici Bookerove nagrade
- Lista pobjednika i nominiranih autora
- Booker of Bookers
- The Best of the Booker
- Man Booker International Prize
- P. H. Newby (1969)
- Bernice Rubens (1970)
- J. G. Farrell (Lost Man Booker Prize, 1970)
- V. S. Naipaul (1971)
- John Berger (1972)
- J. G. Farrell (1973)
- Nadine Gordimer / Stanley Middleton (1974)
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1975)
- David Storey (1976)
- Paul Scott (1977)
- Iris Murdoch (1978)
- Penelope Fitzgerald (1979)
- William Golding (1980)
- Salman Rushdie (1981)
- Thomas Keneally (1982)
- J. M. Coetzee (1983)
- Anita Brookner (1984)
- Keri Hulme (1985)
- Kingsley Amis (1986)
- Penelope Lively (1987)
- Peter Carey (1988)
- Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)
- A. S. Byatt (1990)
- Ben Okri (1991)
- Michael Ondaatje / Barry Unsworth (1992)
- Roddy Doyle (1993)
- James Kelman (1994)
- Pat Barker (1995)
- Graham Swift (1996)
- Arundhati Roy (1997)
- Ian McEwan (1998)
- J. M. Coetzee (1999)
- Margaret Atwood (2000)
- Peter Carey (2001)
- Yann Martel (2002)
- DBC Pierre (2003)
- Alan Hollinghurst (2004)
- John Banville (2005)
- Kiran Desai (2006)
- Anne Enright (2007)
- Aravind Adiga (2008)
- Hilary Mantel (2009)
- Howard Jacobson (2010)
- Julian Barnes (2011)
- Hilary Mantel (2012)
- Eleanor Catton (2013)
- Richard Flanagan (2014)
- Marlon James (2015)
- Paul Beatty (2016)
- George Saunders (2017)
- Olga Tokarczuk (2018)