John Banville
John Banville Engelsk litteratur Samtiden | |
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Personlig information | |
Pseudonym | Benjamin Black |
Født | 8. december 1945 (79 år) Wexford, Irland |
Nationalitet | Irsk |
Søskende | Vincent Banville |
Uddannelse og virke | |
Uddannelsessted | International Writing Program, St Peter's College, Wexford |
Medlem af | Royal Society of Literature, Aosdána, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
Beskæftigelse | Journalist, dramatiker, manuskriptforfatter, forfatter, litteraturkritiker, forfatter, romanforfatter |
Arbejdssted | Dublin |
Kendte værker | Havet, Spøgelser, Bevisernes bog, Ancient Light, Eclipse med flere |
Påvirket af | Henry James |
Nomineringer og priser | |
Udmærkelser | Bookerprisen (2005), Franz Kafka-prisen (2011), Premio Princesa de Asturias de las Letras (2014), Den internationale Nonino-pris (2003), James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1976) med flere |
Eksterne henvisninger | |
John Banvilles hjemmeside | |
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John Banville (født 8. december 1945) er en irsk forfatter. Han skriver kriminalromaner under pseudonymet Benjamin Black.
Karriere
John Banville blev født i 1945 i Wexford i Irland og bor nu i Dublin. Han har skrevet femten romaner inklusive Havet, som vandt Man Booker-prisen i 2005. Han har herudover vundet flere litterære priser, senest den fornemme Franz Kafka-pris i 2011. Han har også skrevet en række skuespil og de senere år flere krimier under pseudonymet Benjamin Black. Han er kendt for sin tekniske prosa-stil og anses for en af vor tids største stilister i det engelske sprog. Kendetegnende er også den sorte humor og det skarpe vid. Hans erklærede ambition er at give sin prosa ”den slags tæthed og fyldighed, som poesi har. … at forsøge at blande prosa og poesi til en ny form.”
Priser
Year | Prize | Work |
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1976 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Doctor Copernicus |
1981 | Guardian Fiction Prize | Kepler |
Allied Irish Bank Fiction Prize | Kepler | |
American-Irish Foundation Award | Birchwood | |
1989 | Guinness Peat Aviation Award | The Book of Evidence |
Booker Prize (shortlisted) | The Book of Evidence | |
2005 | Booker Priz | The Sea |
2006 | Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year | The Sea |
2007 | Royal Society of Literature Fellowship | |
Prix Madeleine Zepter | ||
2009 | Honorary Patronage of the University Philosophical Society | |
2011 | Franz Kafka Prize |
Bibliografi
Novellesamlinger
- Long Lankin (1970; revised ed.1984)
Romaner
- Nightspawn (1971)
- Birchwood (1973)
- The Revolutions Trilogy :
- Doctor Copernicus: A Novel (1976)
- Kepler, a Novel (1981)
- The Newton Letter: An Interlude (1982) (da. Newtons brev, 1993)
- Mefisto (1986)
- The Book of Evidence (1989) (da. Bevisernes bog, 1991)
- Ghosts (1993 novel)|Ghosts (1993)
- Athena: A Novel (1995)
- The Ark (1996) (only 260 copies published)
- The Untouchable (novel)|The Untouchable (1997) (da. Den urørlige, 1997)
- Eclipse (Banville novel)|Eclipse (2000)
- Shroud (novel)|Shroud (2002)
- Prague Pictures: Portrait Of A City (2003)
- The Sea (novel)|The Sea (2005) (da. Havet, 2011)
- The Infinities (2009)
- Ancient light (2012)
- The Blue Guitar (2015)
Skuespil
- The Broken Jug: After Heinrich von Kleist (1994)
- Seachange (performed 1994 in the Focus Theatre, Dublin; unpublished)
- Dublin 1742 (performed 2002 in The Ark, Dublin; a play for 9–14 year olds; unpublished)
- God's Gift: A Version of Amphitryon by Heinrich von Kleist (2000)
- Love In The Wars (adaptation of Heinrich von Kleist's Penthesilea, 2005)
- Conversation In The Mountains (radio play, forthcoming 2008)
Kriminalromaner som "Benjamin Black"
- Christine Falls (2006) (da. Christine Falls, 2009)
- The Silver Swan (2007) (da. Silver Swan, 2011)
- The Lemur (2008, previously serialised in The New York Times)
- Elegy for April (2010)
- A Death In Summer (2011)
Boganmeldelser
- "The Family Pinfold" The New York Review of Books 54/11 (28 June 2007) : 20–21 [reviews Alexander Waugh, Fathers and Sons : the Autobiography of a Family]
- "Trump Cards" Bookforum Arkiveret 2. november 2011 hos Wayback Machine (Dec/Jan 2010) : John Banville on The Original of Laura, Nabokov's final, unfinished novel.
Manuskriptforfatter
Year | Title | Awards |
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2011 | Albert Nobbs | |
2011 | Be Crazy For Me And My Father |
Litteratur
- John Banville by John Kenny; Irish Academic Press (2009); ISBN 0-7165-2901-7
- 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)
- Irish Writers on Writing featuring John Banville. Edited by Eavan Boland (Trinity University (Texas)#Trinity_University Press|Trinity University Press, 2007).
Eksterne henvisninger
- John Banville på Internet Movie Database (engelsk)
- John Banville på Filmdatabasen
- John Banville på Scope
- John Banville på Svensk Filmdatabas (svensk)
- John Banville på AlloCiné (fransk)
- John Banville på AllMovie (engelsk)
- John Banville på The Movie Database (engelsk)
- John Banville på Encyclopædia Britannica Online (engelsk)
- Aosdána biographical note Arkiveret 23. marts 2007 hos Wayback Machine
- Belinda McKeon (Spring 2009). "John Banville, The Art of Fiction No. 200". Paris Review.
- "As clear as mirror glass. John Banville in interview" with Three Monkeys Online Magazine
- 2011 radio interview at The Bat Segundo Show
- John Banville at Ricorso Irish Writers Database
- John Banville interview with the Village Voice about Benjamin Black Arkiveret 29. juni 2008 hos Wayback Machine
- Chapter 1 of The Sinking City Arkiveret 1. maj 2009 hos Wayback Machine
- Banville author page and article archive from The New York Review of Books
- "Banville scored an own goal even before our crime fiction spat" (9 August 2009)—Article by Ruth Dudley Edwards about Banville
- John Banville's BBC radio plays
- Benjamin Black's Official Website
- Benjamin Black's Books on Macmillan.com