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William Trevor lecture; Bernard MacLaverty interview; Féile Fidelma;Tom Hanks and Stefanie Preissner to make literary debuts

William Trevor lecture; Bernard MacLaverty interview; Féile Fidelma;Tom Hanks and Stefanie Preissner to make literary debuts | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
William Trevor lecture; Bernard MacLaverty interview; Féile Fidelma
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How writers sought to make sense of the Troubles-Seamus Heaney, William Trevor, Benedict Kiely and Brian Friel

How writers sought to make sense of the Troubles-Seamus Heaney, William Trevor, Benedict Kiely and Brian Friel | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Seamus Heaney, William Trevor, Benedict Kiely and Brian Friel tackled the North’s nightmarish 1970s in their own unique ways
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The Times: William Trevor

The Times: William Trevor | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
One of the greatest of all short story writers, William Trevor loved simple sentences that say something precise and suggest much more. A woman of 36 lives with her crippled father, wh
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The Guardian: Irish writer William Trevor dies aged 88

The Guardian: Irish writer William Trevor dies aged 88 | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Three-time winner of the Whitbread prize and author of more than 15 novels and many short stories has died
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Writer William Trevor dies aged 88 - BBC News

Writer William Trevor dies aged 88 - BBC News | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
William Trevor, the Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer, dies at the age of 88.
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William Trevor Wins Charleston Chichester Award

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Valley Bachelors-A poem by John FitzGerald for William Trevor

Valley Bachelors-A poem by John FitzGerald for William Trevor | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
A poem by John FitzGerald for William Trevor

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LA Times: William Trevor explored the fictional possibilities of every type of person but himself

LA Times: William Trevor explored the fictional possibilities of every type of person but himself | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
An appreciation of legendary short story writer William Trevor, who died Sunday at age 88.
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William Trevor: A sculptor of words

William Trevor: A sculptor of words | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Ireland's foremost writer of fiction, William Trevor, has died at 88. We mourn his loss and celebrate his legacy.
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The Irish Times: William Trevor dies at the age of 88

The Irish Times: William Trevor dies at the age of 88 | The Irish Literary Times | Scoop.it
Writer was born in Mitchelstown in Co Cork and educated at Trinity College Dublin
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‘A Portrait of that Lonely Woman’: William Trevor’s ‘The Ballroom of Romance’ by John Lavin -| Wales Arts Review

n Frank O’ Connor’s classic study of the short story, The Lonely Voice, he says that one of the things which characterises the short story (and for him differentiates it from the novel) is ‘an intense awareness of human loneliness’ and that:

it might be truer to say that while we often read a familiar novel again for companionship, we approach the short story in a very different mood. It is more akin to the mood of Pascal’s saying: Le silence éternal de ce espaces infinis m’effraie [the eternal silence of those infinite spaces terrifies me.]

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