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The life and works of William Trevor, writer

Created by sccenglish on May 12, 2008

Last updated: 03/11/10 at 08:47 PM

• 80th birthday
  May 23, 2008

• Celebration at SCC
  May 18, 2008

  Tour by Ninian Falkiner, and talk by Ian Steepe, during the week of the author's 80th birthday.

• Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award in Irish Literature
  2007

• Cheating at Canasta, and other stories
  2006

• The Dressmaker's Child
  2004

• A Bit on the Side, and other stories
  2003

• Knighted
  2001

  for services to literature

• The Story of Lucy Gault
  2001

  Novel

• Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Fiction
  2000

• The Hill Bachelors, and other stories
  1999

• My House in Umbria
  1999

• Death in Summer
  1997

• Lannan Literary Award
  1995

• After Rain
  1995

• Ireland : selected stories
  1994

• Felicia's Journey
  1993

• Whitbread Book of the Year
  1993

  for Felicia's Journey

• Excursions in the Real World
  1992

  Biographical sketches, including three on St Columba's

• Outside Ireland : selected stories
  1991

• Two Lives
  1990

• Fools of Fortune film
  1989

• Family Sins, and other stories
  1988

• The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories (editor)
  1988

• The Silence in the Garden
  1987

• Nights at the Alexandra
  1986

• The News from Ireland, and other stories
  1985

• A Writer's Ireland
  1983

• Whitbread Novel Award
  1982

  For 'Fools of Fortune'

• Fools of Fortune
  1982

• The Stories of William Trevor
  1982

• Juliet's Story
  1981

• Scenes from an Album
  1980

• Beyond the Pale
  1980

• Other People's Worlds
  1979

• Lovers of their Time
  1977

• The Distant Past
  1977

• The Children of Dynmouth
  1975

• Angels at the Ritz, and other stories
  1974

• Elizabeth Alone
  1972

• The Ballroom of Romance, and other stories
  1971

• Miss Gomez and the Brethren
  1970

• Mrs Eckdor in O'Neill's Hotel
  1968

• The Day we Got Drunk on Cake, and other stories
  1966

• The Love Department
  1965

• Becomes a full-time writer
  1964

• The Boarding House
  1964

• Hawthornden Prize
  1964

  For 'The Old Boys'

• Moves to England
  1952

• Enters St Columba's College
  Mar 1944

  
  http://www.stcolumbas.ie

• Born, Mitchelstown
  May 23, 1928