ZUM TOD DES IRISCHEN SCHRIFTSTELLERS WILLIAM TREVOR

Der am 24. Mai 1928 in Michelstown (County Cork) geborene irische Schriftsteller William Trevor (Bild) ist am 20. November 2016 gestorben.

Foto: https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/william-trevor

‚My fiction may, now and again, illuminate aspects of the human condition, but I do not consciously set out to do so: I am a storyteller.‘

William Trevor

https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/william-trevor

President Michael D Higgins paid tribute to Trevor as «a writer of world renown, of great distinction, of towering achievements, of elegance and grace».

http://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2016/1121/833368-william-trevor/

Death of Irish writer William Trevor ‚an immense loss‘, Michael D Higgins says

http://www.irishnews.com/news/republicofirelandnews/2016/11/22/news/william-trevor-irish-writer-s-death-an-immense-loss–795206/

A complete gentleman, a master craftsman: writers salute William Trevor

John Banville, Anne Enright, Colm Tóibín, Joseph O’Connor, Kevin Barry,Yiyun Li, John Boyne, Donal Ryan, Roddy Doyle and many others pay tribute to the late author

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/a-complete-gentleman-a-master-craftsman-writers-salute-william-trevor-1.2876898

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/william-trevor-award-winning-writer-dies-at-the-age-of-88-1.2876737

William Trevor, watchful master of the short story, dies aged 88

Writers pay tribute to three-time winner of the Whitbread prize who was ‚at his best the equal of Chekhov‘

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/nov/21/irish-writer-william-trevor-dies-aged-88

He contributed stories to the New Yorker for many years and had a firm belief that the short story was as great an art form as the novel, according to his publisher Penguin. Collected Stories was published with Viking in two volumes in 2009, including short stories «The Ballroom of Romance», «Kathleen’s Field» and «Cheating at Canasta». The stories were described by a Penguin spokesperson as «among the greatest stories of the last half-century, drawing comparison with the earlier masters of the form, Chekhov, Maupassant and Joyce».

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/william-trevor-dies-434566

Trevor’s talents often drew comparisons to Chekhov and to Joyce-Graham Greene called his book «Angels at the Ritz» «one of the best collections, if not the best, since James Joyce’s ‚Dubliners.‘

http://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/william-trevor-in-the-new-yorker

William Trevor, Writer Who Evoked the Struggles of Ordinary Life, Is Dead at 88

William Trevor, whose mournful, sometimes darkly funny short stories and novels about the small struggles of unremarkable people placed him in the company of masters like V. S. Pritchett, W. Somerset Maugham and Chekhov, died on Sunday in Somerset, England.

William Grimes

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/books/william-trevor-dead.html?_r=0

Trevor gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Romanciers und Erzähler der englischen Gegenwartsliteratur. Zu den wichtigsten Werken Trevors, der seit Jahrzehnten in England lebte, zählen unter anderen «Toren des Glücks» und «Die Geschichte der Lucy Gault».

http://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/irischer-schriftsteller-william-trevor-stirbt-88-jaehrig/42609664

Der Schutzheilige der Ungeliebten

 

William Trevor galt als Grand Old Man der irischen Literatur. Aus dem staubgrauen Grund kleinbürgerlicher Lebensverhältnisse schlug er in seinen Romanen und Storys ein erstaunliches Farbenspektrum.

Angela Schader

http://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/schriftsteller-william-trevor-gestorben-der-schutzheilige-der-ungeliebten-ld.129796?reduced=true

Mehr:

https://web.archive.org/web/20060102030549/http://readireland.ie:80/aotm/Trevor.html

https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/william-trevor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Trevor