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William Trevor Cox KBE (24 May 1928 – 20 November 2016), known by his pen name William Trevor, was an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world, [ 5 ] he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language.
William Trevor (born May 24, 1928, Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland—died November 20, 2016, Somerset, England) was an Irish writer who was noted for his wry and often macabre short stories and novels.
William Trevor is one of the most prolific writers to have emerged from modern Ireland. Acclaimed as both novelist and short-story writer, he is somewhat unusual in having maintained the two forms in tandem, rather than using one – the story – as an apprenticeship for a mature career in the other – the novel.
Nov 21, 2016 · William Trevor, whose mournful, sometimes darkly funny short stories and novels about the small struggles of unremarkable people placed him in the company of masters like V. S. Pritchett, W ...
Feb 26, 2018 · The Irish writer William Trevor was born in County Cork in 1928, and worked as a teacher, sculptor, and advertising copywriter before turning to writing fiction full time.
Nov 22, 2016 · William Trevor, beloved master of the short story, died on Sunday at age 88. Known for his luminous documentation of ordinary life in English and Irish villages, Trevor was a three-time Whitbread Prize winner, recipient of the Irish PEN Award, and was nominated multiple times for the Booker Prize, though never awarded it.
Jan 10, 2011 · William Trevor has been writing for more than 50 years and has won more literary awards than we have time to list here. Trevor has published 14 novels, but he is even more celebrated for his...
