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William Trevor

William Trevor

William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, Ireland. He wrote many novels, and was a renowned writer of short stories

His novels won numerous awards, including the Hawthornden Prize and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. Four of his novels have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His two-volume Collected Stories was published by Viking Penguin in 2009. In 1999 William Trevor received the prestigious David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime’s literary achievement, and in 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature.

All nominated books

Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neil's Hotel
What tragedy turned O'Neill's hotel from a plush establishment into a dingy house of disrepute? William Trevor sends Mrs Eckdorf to investigate
The Children of Dynmouth
A lonely teenager becomes a sinister presence in a small English coastal town in this compelling character study from William Trevor
Reading Turgenev
An Irish country girl marries in haste, but finds an escape from her loveless marriage in William Trevor’s haunting and evocative tale
The Story of Lucy Gault
William Trevor’s haunting story of loss and hope captures the atmosphere of a country in turmoil and the heart-rending emotions of a family torn apart
Love and Summer
William Trevor relates the events of one long summer, when a dangerously reckless attachment evokes a storm of passion in a small Irish town