Banville

American  

[bahn-veel] / bɑ̃ˈvil /

noun

1. Théodore Faullain de 1823–91, French poet and dramatist.

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Banville British  

/ bɑ̃vil /

noun

1. Théodore de (teɔdɔr də). 1823–91, French poet, who anticipated the Parnassian school in his perfection of form and command of rhythm

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For much of the novel, Mr. Banville teases us in a similar manner, hinting at the truth behind Laura’s disappearance so elliptically that he risks testing our patience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

Colson Whitehead and John Banville are two examples of literary novelists who started writing crime books.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2024

Parker wrote one additional Marlowe book in 1991, but the revival series went quiet until 2014, when Booker Prize–winning novelist John Banville published “The Black-Eyed Blonde” under the pen name Benjamin Black.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

He became the fifth Irish author to win the Booker Prize, after Iris Murdoch, John Banville, Roddy Doyle and Anne Enright, the organisers of the competition said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 26, 2023

Henri Murger, Leconte de Lisle, Théodore de Banville, Paul Verlaine, are here, and now Sainte-Beuve has come back to his favorite haunt. 

From The Ways of Men by Eliot Gregory

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