John Banville

John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many novels, including The Book of Evidence, The Untouchable, and Eclipse. Banville's novel The Sea was awarded the 2005 Man Booker Prize. On occasion he writes under the pen name Benjamin Black.

The Lord Chandos Letter - And Other Writings By Hugo Von Hofmannsthal Introduction by John Banville Translated by Joel Rotenberg In Hugo von Hofmannsthal's celebrated autobiographical novella a young nobleman reveals to his patron Sir Francis Bacon his particularly modern crisis of spirit. Category: Fiction Publisher: NYRB Classics