William Trevor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Trevor

Irish writer

Date of Birth: 24-May-1928

Place of Birth: Mitchelstown, Munster, Ireland

Date of Death: 20-Nov-2016

Profession: screenwriter, writer, playwright, translator, sculptor, novelist, short story writer

Nationality: Ireland, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

William Trevor KBE (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 was widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language.He 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.
In 2014, Trevor was bestowed Saoi by the Aosdána.Trevor resided in England from 1954 until his death at the age of 88.