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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Example Sentences

Over the course of more than 20 novels, Mr. Banville has repeatedly granted his readers this dual perspective on a protagonist.

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

Against this circle, against François Coppée, Catulle Mendès, Théodore de Banville and the rest of them, rose up a new school of young men who called themselves 'decadents and symbolists.'

From ?mile Verhaeren by Zweig, Stefan