Re: [acornlive] John Banville

Kimberly Kanigel (acornlive@dublinwriters.org)
Mon, 15 Nov 1999 22:18:24 PST

Hi Vladimir!

I took a quick look on altavista.com and found two URLs with information on 
John Banville, but they both seem pretty perfunctory.  Here they are, at any 
rate.  If clicking on the links doesn't work, you might try typing them in.

http://athena.louisville.edu/a-s/english/subcultures/ideas/davidsellars/main.html

http://www.utc.edu/~engldept/booker/banville.htm

Good luck with your work!


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>From: Wolfson <vwolf@spb.cityline.ru>
>Reply-To: acornlive@dublinwriters.org
>To: acornlive@dublinwriters.org
>Subject: [acornlive] John Banville
>Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 06:15:02 +0300
>
>Dear Sirs,
>
>My name is Vladimir Wolfson, I live in St. Petersburg.
>
>
>I translate books from Eglish into Russian and I would be proud to say
>that  I  call  myself  the  translator of Mr. Banville's books, but it
>would be a wishful thinking: actually, I have translated only The Book
>of  Evidence,  on  which I worked for 4 years, and some pages from The
>Untouchable.  A  translation  of  the first book had been submitted to
>publication    in    'Inostrannaya   Literatura'   magazine   by   the
>fellow-translator,   Mr.   Livergant,  a  week  before  I  decided  on
>submitting  my  own translation, and the fragment from 'the Untouchable',
>translated  by  me,  didn't win the Soros Competition for translators
>which  was  organized in 1998. I received a warm 'thank you' note from
>the   jury   of   that   competition,  signed  by  its  Head,  and  my
>fellow-translator, good Mr. Livegrant.
>
>I  am  not  going to discuss here the merits of my work, but is it too
>much   to   say   that   the whole story suggests a good sketch of the
>kind which might stirr Mr. Banville's imagination?
>
>The  reason  why  I do not complete my work is simple. I cannot find a
>publisher, though I am trying to, and desperately. But I pledged to do
>it   some  day (I mean, proceeding on and finishing my translations of
>Mr. Banville). I was too much affected by his writing. Nor I know of
>any other contemporary author, whether in literature in English or
>in  Russian,  who  could  match  his  masterly language and many other
>excellences which I cannot list in this message.
>
>I have been just looking for some useful Internet site containing
>information  on John  Banville, but partly due to my poor knowledge of
>search  opportunities  via  Internet,  and also because this searching
>takes on more time than I can pay for, I failed to find any other site
>except  yours. Thus, I found out your e-mail address. Could you please
>oblige  me  with  sending me some GOOD web-addresses, or may be URL,
>(I  am  not  sure that I know what it is), connected with, devoted to,
>dealing  with,  covering  and  treating  John Banville's writings, his
>work,  his  biography,  interviews,  etc.  Of course, I would be happy
>be awared of his personal sites, if there are any available. Also, I
>would welcome any information on theses on his work, and opportunity
>to contanct their authors, as well.
>
>Thank you very much in advance, and apologize for making you read this
>perplexed letter.
>
>
>Best regards,
>Vladimir Wolfson
>                           mailto:vwolf@spb.cityline.ru
>
>
>
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