William Trevor
Irish writer (1928-2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 | |
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| Born | William Trevor Cox (1928-05-24)24 May 1928 Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 20 November 2016(2016-11-20) (aged 88) Crediton, Devon, England |
| Pen name | William Trevor |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Citizenship | Irish[1][2][3][4] |
| Notable works | The Old Boys The Boarding House Mrs. Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel The Children of Dynmouth Fools of Fortune Two Lives Felicia's Journey The Story of Lucy Gault Love and Summer The Dressmaker's Child |
| Notable awards | Hawthornden Prize for Literature 1964 Whitbread Prize 2008 |
Trevor won the Whitbread Prize three times and was nominated five times for the Booker Prize, the last for his novel Love and Summer (2009), which was also shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award in 2011. His name was also mentioned in relation to the Nobel Prize in Literature.[7] He won the 2008 International Nonino Prize in Italy. In 2014, Trevor was bestowed Saoi by the Aosdána.[8]
Trevor resided in England from 1954 until his death at the age of 88.[9]