William Trevor

William Trevor (born May 24, 1928 in Mitchelstown , County Cork , Ireland , † November 20, 2016 in Somerset , England ; actually William Trevor Cox ) was an Irish writer .

biography

William Trevor was born in predominantly Catholic Ireland to a Protestant family. So he felt “an outsider from the start”. His father managed bank branches in different places; the family therefore moved frequently. Trevor studied history at Trinity College in Dublin , worked as a teacher after graduation and made a name for himself as a sculptor at an early age. He moved to England in 1952, where he taught art in rugby and Taunton .

His first novel A Standard of Behavior was published in 1958, Trevor later refused to allow reprints. From 1960 to 1965 he worked in London as a copywriter until he became a freelance writer. He wrote novels, short stories and plays. His stories were regularly published in the New Yorker .

Trevor has received many literary prizes and was made an Honorary CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 1977 and a Knight of Honor in 2002 . He made his breakthrough in Germany with the psychological thriller Felicias Reise (1994).

Trevor married in 1952 and last lived with his wife Jane in Devon , England. They had two sons together.

subjects

In his 23 novels and 11 volumes of short story, Trevor dealt with tensions between outsiders and society; his characters are mildly eccentric and melancholy loners. The relationship between the British and Irish and the aftermath of their violent history play a central role in many of his books.

With their strongly developed emotions, his characters encounter social limitations that they are often unwilling to accept. In many cases these are marginalized outsiders: children, old people, loners or unhappily married people. They create their own reality, withdraw there and often reach the limits of madness.

Trevor's topics are anger and anger, the rubbing together of empathy and transference, and strategies for dealing with blows of fate. He is considered a writer of atmospheric impressionism, the feelings of his protagonists can transform memories, their past overlay the present.

Honourings and prices

• 1965: Hawthornden Prize (England) for The Old Boys
• 1970: Mrs. Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel nominated for the Booker Prize (England)
• 1975: William Heinemann Award from the Royal Society of Literature (England) for Angels at the Ritz and other Stories
• 1976: Literature Prize of the Allied Irish Banks (Ireland)
• 1978: Whitbread Prize (England) for The Children of Dynmouth
• 1980: Giles Cooper Award from the BBC (England) for the best radio play for Beyond the Pale
• 1982: Giles Cooper Award from the BBC (England) for the best radio play for Autumn Sunshine
• 1982: Jacob's Award (Ireland) for the television version of The Ballroom of Romance
• 1983: Whitbread Prize (England) for Fools of Fortune
• 1988: Yorkshire Post Book Award (England) for The Silence in the Garden
• 1990: Bennett Award from the Hudson Review (USA)
• 1991: Reading Turgenev nominated for the Booker Prize (England)
• 1991: Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence (England)
• 1994: Appointed Companion of Literature of the Royal Society of Literature (England)
• 1994: Sunday Express Book of the Year (England) for Felicia's Journey
• 1994: Whitbread Prize 'Best Novel' (England) for Felicia's Journey
• 1996: Lannan Literary Award for Poetry (USA)
• 1999: David Cohen Prize for Literature (England)
• 2001: Irish Times Literature Prize (Ireland) for The Hill Bachelors
• 2001: PEN / Macmillan Silver Pen Award for short stories (England) for The Hill Bachelors
• 2002: The Story of Lucy Gault nominated for the Booker Prize (England) and the Whitbread Prize (England)
• 2003: Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award for The Story of Lucy Gault
• 2005: Admission to the American Academy of Arts and Letters as an honorary foreign member
• 2006: Admission to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as an honorary external member
• 2007: O. Henry Prize (USA) for the best story for The Room
• 2008: Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award in Irish Literature
• 2015: Saoi of Aosdána ("Sage of Aosdána "), honorary title for Irish writers

Works

Novels

• 1958: A Standard of Behavior , Roman, Abacus, London © 1958; 1982, ISBN 0-349-13389-1 .
• 1964: The Old Boys
  • Altherrentag , translated by Wolfgang A. Luchting, Hanser, Munich 1965 DNB 455107807 .
• 1965: The Boarding House
  • Mister Birds legacy , translated by Thomas Gunkel , Rotbuch, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-434-53031-2 .
• 1966: The Love Department
• 1969: Mrs. Eckdorf at O'Neill's Hotel
• 1971: Miss Gomez and the Brethren
  • Miss Gomez and the pious brothers , translated by Thomas Gunkel, Rotbuch, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-434-53030-4 .
• 1973: Elizabeth Alone
• 1973: The Last Lunch of the Season
• 1976: The Children of Dynmouth
  • The children of Dynmouth , translated by Thomas Gunkel, Rotbuch, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-88022-504-4 .
• 1978: Lovers of their Time
• 1979: The Distant Past
• 1980: Other People's Worlds
• 1981: Beyond the Pale
• 1983: Fools of Fortune
  • Toren des Glücks , translated by Helga Huisgen, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-608-95281-0 .
• 1987: Nights at the Alexandra
• 1988: The Silence in the Garden
• 1991: Two Lives (includes Reading Turgenev and My House in Umbria )
  • Turgenev's shadow ; translated by Thomas Gunkel, Hitzeroth, Marburg 1993, ISBN 3-89398-109-8 .
  • My house in Umbria , translated by Thomas Gunkel, Rotbuch, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-88022-483-8 .
• 1992: Juliet's Story
  • Julia's story , translated by Hilde Linnert, Ueberreuter, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-8000-2437-3 .
• 1994: Felicia's Journey
  • Felicias Reise , translated by Thomas Gunkel, Rotbuch, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-88022-471-4 .
• 1998: Death in Summer
  • Tod im Sommer , translated by Thomas Gunkel, Krüger, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-8105-2018-7 .
• 2002: The Story of Lucy Gault
  • The story of Lucy Gault , translated by Brigitte Jakobeit , Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-455-07778-1 .
• 2009: Love and Summer
  • Love and Summer , translated by Hans-Christian Oeser , Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-455-40201-8 .

stories

• 1967: The Day We Got Drunk on Cake and Other Stories
• 1972: The Ballroom of Romance and Other Stories
• 1975: Angels at the Ritz and Other Stories
• 1983: The Stories of William Trevor
• 1986: The News from Ireland and Other Stories
• 1989: Family Sins and Other Stories
• 1992: Outside Ireland: Selected Stories
• 1996: After Rain
• 1999: Ireland: Selected Stories
• 2000: The Hill Bachelors
  • Death of the professor [contains the stories for three people / Good news / sadness / A business friend / White Sunday / Le Visiteur / The gift of the virgin / Death of the professor / Against all odds / The telephone game / The bachelors in the hills ], translated by Hans-Christian Oeser, Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-455-07777-3 .
• 2004: A Bit On the Side
  • Affair , translated by Brigitte Jakobeit, Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 978-3-455-07779-7 .
• 2007: Cheating At Canasta
  • Cheating at Canasta [contains the stories The Seamstress's Child / The Room / Men of Ireland / Cheating at Canasta / False heroism / An afternoon / On Olivehill / A perfect relationship / The children / An old flame / Faith / Folie à deux ], translated by Hans-Christian Oeser, Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-455-40283-4 .
  • Borrowed happiness. The most beautiful stories , selected and with an afterword by Hanns Zischler [contains the stories In Isfahan , Das Teddybärenpicknick , Eine Dreieinigkeit , all translated by Hans-Christian Oeser, and The Handbag by Colette Nervi , translated by Thomas Gunkel] Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-455-40101-1 .
  • A dream of butterflies. Master narratives , translated by Brigitte Jakobeit and Hans-Christian Oeser, Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-455-40527-9 ( table of contents ; text of contents ).
• 2018: Last Stories , Viking, ISBN 9780525558101
  • Last stories , translated by Hans-Christian Oeser. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-455-00828-9 .

Plays

• 1965: The Elephant's Foot
• 1968: The Girl
• 1971: The Old Boys
• 1972: A Night with Mrs da Tanka
• 1972: Going Home
• 1973: Marriages
• 1973: The 57th Saturday
• 1981: Scenes from an album

Other works

• 1984: A Writer's Ireland: Landscape in Literature (literary essays)
• 1993: Excursions in the Real World: Memoirs (autobiographical essays)
• 1999: Personal Essays

editor

• 1989: The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories

Secondary literature

• Mary Fitzgerald-Hoyt: William Trevor - Re-Imagining Ireland . Liffey Press, Dublin 2003, ISBN 978-1-904148-06-7 .
• Dolores MacKenna: William Trevor - The Writer and His Work . New Island Books, Dublin 1999, ISBN 978-1-87459-774-2 .
• Tom McAlindon: Tragedy, history, and myth: William Trevor's Fools of Fortune. (Critical Essay). In: Irish University Review: a journal of Irish Studies. 2003.
• Kristin Morrison: William Trevor . Twayne, New York, NY 1993, ISBN 978-0-8057-7032-2 .
• Hugh Ormsby-Lennon: Fools of Fiction - Reading William Trevor's Stories . Maunsel & Co., Dublin 2004, ISBN 978-1-930901-21-6 .
• Gregory A. Schirmer: William Trevor - A Study of His Fiction . Routledge, London 1990, ISBN 978-0-415-04493-6 .

Film adaptations

• 1968: A Night With Mrs. da Tanka (episode of the television series The Wednesday Play ; UK) Director: John Gorrie; Book: William Trevor after his story; with Jean Kent, Geoffrey Bayldon, Arthur Lowe, Peter Bathurst
• 1975: Mrs Acland's Ghosts (episode of the TV series BBC2 Playhouse ; UK); Directed by Mike Newell ; Book: William Trevor after his story; with Sara Kestelman, Edward Hammond, Betty Bascomb
• 1976: The Mind Beyond: The Love of a Good Woman (episode of the TV series BBC2 Playhouse ; UK); Director: John Gorrie; Book: William Trevor after his story; with Anna Massey, William Lucas, Diana Bishop
• 1981: Elizabeth Alone (three episodes on the BBC2 Playhouse television series ; UK); Director: Brian Parker; Book: William Trevor based on his novel; with Barbara Ferris, Gawn Grainger, Lisa Coleman, Brenda Fricker
• 1981: Autumn Sunshine (episode of the BBC2 Playhouse television series ; UK); Director: Rodney Bennett; Book: William Trevor after his story; with Nell Brennan, Christopher Casson, Mary Larkin, Fiannula O'Shannon
• 1982: The Ballroom of Romance (Ireland); Directed by Pat O'Connor; Camera: Nat Crosby; Book: Pat O'Connor and William Trevor based on Trevor's story; with Brenda Fricker, John Kavanagh, Mick Lally, Cyril Cusack
• 1983: Mrs. Silly (TV movie; UK); Directed by James Cellan Jones; Camera: Ken Morgan / Andy Stephen; Book: Bob Larbey based on the story by William Trevor; with Maggie Smith , Michael Culver, Adrian Ross-Magenty, Deborah Grant
• 1983: Attracta (Ireland); Director: Kieran Hickey; Book: William Trevor after his story; Camera: Sean Corcoran; with Wendy Hiller, Joe McPartland; Kate Flynn, Kate Thompson
• 1983: One of Ourselves (TV film; GB / Ireland); Directed by Pat O'Connor; Book: William Trevor after his story; with Cyril Cusack
• 1999: Fools of Fortune (UK); Directed by Pat O'Connor; Book: Michael Hirst; with Iain Glen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Sean T. McClory, Julie Christie
• 1999: Felicia, my angel (Felicia's Journey) ; Directed by Atom Egoyan
• 2003: My House in Umbria (My House in Umbria) TV movie; GB / Italy; Director: Richard Loncraine; Book: Hugh Whitemore; with Maggie Smith, Chris Cooper, Benno Fürmann; (Maggie Smith won an Emmy for the role of Emily Delahunty)

Web links

• Literature by and about William Trevor in the catalog of the German National Library
• William Trevor in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• John Tusa: The John Tusa Interviews: Transcript of the John Tusa Interview with the novelist William Trevor. BBC Radio 3 , 2012, archived from the original on February 11, 2012 ; accessed on November 22, 2016 (English). 
• William Trevor. Ireland Literature Guide, June 13, 2007, archived from the original June 13, 2007 ; accessed on November 22, 2016 (English). 
• William Trevor Stories in the Archives of the New Yorker

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Katherine Cowdrey: William Trevor dies . The Bookseller, November 21, 2016, accessed November 22, 2016.
2. ↑ Gina Thomas: No frills. A master of the short form: On the death of William Trevor . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 23, 2016, p. 12.
3. ↑ Angela Schader: The patron saint of the unloved. William Trevor, the grand old man of Irish literature, has died. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of November 22, 2016, p. 41.
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Sian Cain: William Trevor, watchful master of the short story, dies aged 88 . The Guardian , November 21, 2016, accessed November 22, 2016.
5. ^ Writer: William Trevor is dead . zeit.de from November 21, 2016, accessed on November 22, 2016.
6. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Diffuse terrain. Retrieved June 30, 2020 . 
7. ^ Honorary Members: William Trevor. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed March 25, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Behavioral rule For his first work, the novel about behavior , high prices are already being charged in antiquarian books (compare the prices and the illustrated covers of the US and British editions)