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   William Trevor was an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language. He won several awards, including the Whitbread Prize three times, and lived in England from 1954 until his death in 2016.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › William-TrevorWilliam Trevor | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

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   Learn about William Trevor, an Irish writer of wry and macabre short stories and novels, who won several awards and influenced by Joyce and Dickens. Find out his notable works, such as The Ballroom of Romance and Felicia's Journey, and his adaptations for screen.

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4. www.nytimes.com › 2016/11/21 › booksWilliam Trevor, Writer Who Evoked the Struggles of Ordinary ...

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   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....

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     William Trevor on Charles Dickens - John Bowman 28th June & 5th July 2020

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6. literature.britishcouncil.org › writer › william-trevorWilliam Trevor - Literature - British Council

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   Learn about the life and achievements of William Trevor, one of the most prolific and acclaimed writers from modern Ireland. Explore his novels, short stories, awards, and critical perspective.

   • Place Of Birth: Mitchelstown, Ireland

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   Feb 26, 2018 · Learn about the life and work of the Irish writer William Trevor, who published four novels and nearly four dozen short stories in The New Yorker. Explore his themes, style, and awards through his stories and excerpts.

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8. www.npr.org › 2011/01/10 › 132804604William Trevor: A Short-Story Master's Life Work - NPR

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   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...

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   • 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. In 1950 Trevor graduated from Trinity College Dublin, and he subsequently began teaching in Northern Ireland and working as a sculptor.

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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, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language.

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   Is William Trevor dead or still alive?

   • William Trevor died in November 2016. 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.

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   How old was William Trevor when he started writing fiction?

   • They were nine years old then, when secrets became deception. 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.

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    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.