The Captivating Messages Conveyed by William Trevor

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In order to be a famous and captivating writer, one must have the ability to express life, love, tragedy, and the human spirit. William Trevor accomplished all of these things. He took the value of every human life in to mind as he composed stories capturing that life and relaying messages of astounding morality and incredibility of individuals, all in clear and concise, yet beautiful language. While born in Ireland he is also a famous British author, as he lived a large portion of his life in England, and captured the spirits of both Ireland and England in his writing (Catling, Patrick Skene). He has won various awards and his pieces are still read and heard to this day.
William Trevor Cox was born in Mitchelstown Ireland on May 24, 1928 (Low, Bernadette Flynn). Trevor grew up in different parts of Ireland as his family moved around a lot as Trevor grew up. He used the many experiences he had in these different places to later influence his writing, as well as the many books he read and films he saw as a child. As a result to his many different homes, he experienced various forms of education as he grew up. He had different tutors and went to multiple schools including a catholic school which influenced much of his writing as well (Low, Bernadette Flynn). Trevor attended St. Columbia’s college where he studied sculpture, and Trinity College where he studied history; both were located in Dublin, Ireland (Low, Bernadette Flynn). He later used this knowledge to become a teacher; it was at this point in his life that he met his wife, Jane Ryan, and they moved to London, England together (Smelstor, Marjorie, and M. Casey Diana). After exploring his career as an artist and teacher, Trevor obtained a job as an advertising copywriter. ...

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...nto film; there is even a stature of him in his hometown (Smelstor, Marjorie, and M. Casey Diana). He is a writer that will be remembered forever in not only British or Irish culture, but all over the world.

Works Cited

Catling, Patrick Skene. "The Genius of William Trevor." The Spectator 249.8035 (10 July 1982): 25-26. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jean C. Stine and Bridget Broderick. Vol. 25. Detroit: Gale Research, 1983. Literature Resource Center. Web. 9 Feb. 2014.
Low, Bernadette Flynn. "William Trevor." Critical Survey Of Drama, Second Revised Edition (2003): 1-4. Literary Reference Center. Web. 8 Feb. 2014.
Smelstor, Marjorie, and M. Casey Diana. "William Trevor." Critical Survey Of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition (2010): 1-4. Literary Reference Center. Web. 4 Feb. 2014.
Trevor, William. Love and Summer: A Novel. London: Viking, 2009. Print.

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