Terence de Vere White

Terence de Vere White

Terence de Vere White (29 April 1912 – 17 June 1994) was an Irish writer, lawyer and editor.

Born in Dublin, he studied at Trinity College, Dublin where he qualified as a solicitor and became a partner in a leading Dublin law firm. He gave up law when he became the literary editor of "The Irish Times" from 1961 to 1977. He wrote twelve novels, five biographies, two volumes of short stories and five other books of general interest. [cite book|last=Boylan|first= Henry |year=1998|title=A Dictionary of Irish Biography, 3rd Edition|pages=p. 106|location=Dublin|publisher= Gill and MacMillan|id= ISBN 0-7171-2945-4]

He married Mary O'Farrell in 1962 and they had two sons and a daughter. He retired from the "Irish Times" in 1977.

At the time of his death, he was married to Victoria Glendinning. [Niall Stanage, "Confessions of a storyteller" - interview with Victoria Glendinning, 'The Sunday Business Post", July 21, 2002 [http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2002/07/21/story395763628.asp] ]

elected works

Novels
* Prenez Garde (1986)

Plays
* After Sunset (1973)
* The Real Charlotte (1975)

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