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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Mr. Banville is the author of “Venetian Vespers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

Of this group three names stand pre-eminently forward, those of Baudelaire, Banville, and Leconte de Lisle, while some others may be mentioned beside them.

From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury