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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. [ 6]
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.
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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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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....
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...
May 24, 2018 · The writer William Trevor: “The only time I knew him to be unhappy was near the end, when he couldn’t write any longer.” Photograph: Frank Miller. Dominic Cox. Thu May 24 2018 - 01:00. Dad...
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William Trevor, KBE grew up in various provincial towns and attended a number of schools, graduating from Trinity College, in Dublin, with a degree in history. He first exercised his artistry as a sculptor, working as a teacher in Northern Ireland and then emigrated to England in search of work when the school went bankrupt.