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William Trevor

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Irish writer (1928-2016)

WritersLived 1928 to 2016 · aged 88
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William Trevor Cox was an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language.

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2011honorary doctorate
2008International Nonino Prize
2007O. Henry Award
2002Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1976Heinemann Award
1965Hawthornden Prize
Irish PEN Award
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
AWB Vincent Literary Award

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William Trevor Cox was an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language. 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.

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deceased
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Lived 1928 to 2016 · aged 88
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