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William Trevor

1928 - 2016

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William Trevor Cox (24 May 1928 – 20 November 2016) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Trevor is the 4,683rd most popular writer (down from 4,293rd in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 179th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Irish Writer.

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Among writers, William Trevor ranks 4,683 out of 7,302. Before him are Mykola Zerov, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Bhalchandra Nemade, Chen Zi'ang, Alfredo Zitarrosa, and Elbert Hubbard. After him are Constantin Negruzzi, Gonçalves Dias, Zane Grey, José Craveirinha, Solomon Alkabetz, and Roy Jacobsen.

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Among people born in 1928, William Trevor ranks 391. Before him are Paul Arizin, Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Dezső Bundzsák, François Remetter, Germà Colón, and Ann Blyth. After him are Emilio Caprile, Akira Miyawaki, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Hushang Ebtehaj, Manuel Scorza, and Takako Doi. Among people deceased in 2016, William Trevor ranks 330. Before him are Adrienne Corri, Anatoli Ilyin, Lasse Mårtenson, Carlo Monti, Rudy Van Gelder, and Heinrich Schiff. After him are Oliver Shanti, Benoîte Groult, Solomon W. Golomb, Billy Paul, Anne Jackson, and Teatao Teannaki.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William Trevor ranks 223 out of 549. Before him are Liam Cosgrave (1920), Tim Ahearne (1885), Becky Lynch (1987), Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (1865), and Andrew Scott (1976). After him are Jane Wilde (1821), Sara Allgood (1879), John Bruton (1947), John Boyne (1971), William Stokes (1804), and John Sealy Townsend (1868).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, William Trevor ranks 31. Before him are Elizabeth Bowen (1899), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Colm Tóibín (1955), Richard Steele (1672), Brendan Behan (1923), and George Moore (1852). After him are Jane Wilde (1821), John Boyne (1971), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), Maeve Binchy (1939), William McGonagall (1825), and Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776).

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