biography
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Trevor, William
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pseudonym of William Trevor Cox
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| lived:
| (1928– )
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| biography:
| Short-story writer, novelist, and playwright, born in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, S Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, taught history and art, sculpted, and wrote advertising copy before devoting himself to literature. His first book was a novel, A Standard of Behaviour (1958), and though he subsequently gained success with The Old Boys (1964), The Children of Dynmouth (1976, Whitbread), Fools of Fortune (1983, Whitbread) and Felicia's Journey (1994, Whitbread), he is by inclination a short-story writer. His highly acclaimed collections include The Day We Got Drunk on Cake (1969), Angels at the Ritz (1975), and The News from Ireland (1986). Later works include The Stories of William Trevor (1983), Two Lives (1991), After Rain, and Other Stories (1996), and a further novel, Death in Summer (1999). |
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