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William Trevor. 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.
May 20, 2024 · 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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Novelist and short-story writer William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, in the Republic of Ireland on 24 May 1928. He was educated at St Columba's College, County Dublin, and Trinity College, Dublin. He worked briefly as a teacher, and later as a copywriter in an advertising agency before he began to work full-time as a writer in ...
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Feb 26, 2018 · William Trevor. 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. He went ...
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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. A volume of selected stories has recently been published, and Fresh Air's book ...
Nov 21, 2016 · William Trevor Cox was born in Ireland on May 24, 1928, in Mitchelstown, County Cork, to Protestant parents. His father, James, was a bank manager who took his wife, the former Gertrude Davison ...
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William Trevor, Spare Chronicler of Diminished Lives. Mr. Trevor, who died at 88 at Sunday, fondly depicted lonely Irish and English characters in a polished yet unassuming style. By Charles McGrath.
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