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Home/Memorials/United Kingdom/Somerset/William Trevor

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Biography of William Trevor

24. May 1928 – 20. Nov 2016(88 years)Died in:Somerset, England

Irish writer

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Mitchelstown, County Cork

Somerset, England

Ireland

Occupation(8)

screenwriter sculptor novelist playwright translator writer short story writer poet

Awards(9)

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

Education(2)

University of Dublin St Columba's College, Dublin

William Trevor (* 24. May 1928 in Mitchelstown; † 20. November 2016 in Somerset) was an irish writer. He was 88 years old. His education included University of Dublin and St Columba's College, Dublin. He received 9 awards, including Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Irish PEN Award.

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1928

Born in Mitchelstown, County Cork

1965

Hawthornden Prize

1976

Heinemann Award

2002

Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

2007

O. Henry Award

2008

International Nonino Prize

2011

honorary doctorate

2016

Died in Somerset, England

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