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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.
May 20, 2024 · William Trevor, Irish writer who was noted for his wry and macabre short stories and novels. His notable novels included The Old Boys, The Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune, and Felicia’s Journey. The Ballroom of Romance was considered a classic short-story collection.
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 · Books. William Trevor made the ordinary and familiar, new and shocking. Trevor was a world class writer who chronicled the lives of the forgotten, the despairing losers, the innocent and the...
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.
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...
