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{{short description|Irish writer and literary editor, and lawyer}}
'''Terence de Vere White''' ([[April 29]], [[1912]] – [[June 17]], [[1994]]) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[writer]], [[lawyer]] and [[editing|editor]].▼
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==Life==
===Career===
Born in [[Dublin]], de Vere White studied at [[Trinity College, Dublin]]. He later qualified as a solicitor and became a partner at a leading Dublin law firm. He gave up law when he became the literary editor of ''[[The Irish Times]]'', a post he held from 1961 to 1977.
Writing in [[1968 in Ireland|1968]], he harshly criticized both the [[Constitution of Ireland]] and the existing political system, "At the time of this writing, the Constitution of the [[Irish Republic|Republic]] is under scrutiny, but it is unlikely that any proposed changes therein will radically alter the system established. A Constitution on [[Constitution of the United States|the United States model]] might well suit [[Irish people|the people]] better than the present one; but the Irish are too innately [[Social Conservatism|Conservative]] ever to bring about such a change except by gradual and almost imperceptible degrees."<ref> Terence de Vere White (1968), ''New Nations and Peoples Library: Ireland'', [[Thames and Hudson]]. Page 83.</ref>
He retired from the newspaper in 1977.
He wrote twelve novels, five biographies, two volumes of short stories and five other books of general interest.<ref>{{cite book|last=Boylan|first= Henry |year=1998|title=A Dictionary of Irish Biography, 3rd Edition|pages=106|location=Dublin|publisher= Gill and MacMillan|isbn= 0-7171-2945-4}}</ref>
===Personal life===
de Vere White married Mary O'Farrell in 1941 and they had two sons and a daughter. He was also the father of [[Dervla Murphy]]'s daughter, born in 1968.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-GR_OSU1zAC&q=dervla+terence+de+vere+white&pg=PA829|chapter=Murphy, Dervla (1931-)|editor-last=Speake|editor-first=Jennifer|editor-link=Jennifer Speake|date=2003|title=Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia|publisher=Taylor and Francis|pages=829|isbn=1-57958-424-1|accessdate=2008-10-12}}</ref>
At the time of his death, he was married to [[Victoria Glendinning]].<ref>Niall Stanage, "Confessions of a storyteller" - interview with Victoria Glendinning, ''The Sunday Business Post'', July 21, 2002 {{cite web |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2002/07/21/story395763628.asp |title=Confessions of a storyteller - interview with Victoria Glendinning: ThePost.ie |accessdate=2007-05-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111915/http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2002/07/21/story395763628.asp |archivedate=2007-09-29 }}</ref>
==Selected works==
* [[Prenez Garde]] (1986)▼
* ''The Road of Excess'' (1945) - biography of [[Isaac Butt]]
* ''[[Kevin O'Higgins]]'' (1948)
* After Sunset (1973)▼
* ''The Story of the [[Royal Dublin Society]]'' (1955)
* The Real Charlotte (1975)▼
* ''A Fretful Midge'' (1957) - novel
* ''An Affair With the Moon '' (1959) - novel
* ''The Remainder Man'' (1963) - novel
* ''Lucifer Falling'' (1966) - novel
* ''Tara'' (1967) - novel
* ''The Parents of Oscar Wilde: [[William Wilde|Sir William]] and [[Jane Wilde|Lady Wilde]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Leinster]]'' (1968)
* ''Ireland'' (1968) - "New Nations & Peoples" series
* ''The Lambert Mile'' (1969) - novel
* ''The Lambert Revels'' (1969) - novel
* ''The March Hare'' (1970) - novel
* ''The Minister for Justice'' (1971) - novel
* ''Mr. Stephen'' (1971) - novel
* ''The [[Anglo-Irish]]'' (1972)
▲* ''After Sunset'' (1973) - play
* ''The Distance and the Dark'' (1973) - novel
* ''The Radish Memoirs'' (1974) - novel
▲* ''The Real Charlotte'' (1975) - play
* ''Chimes at Midnight and Other Stories'' (1977) - fiction
* ''[[Thomas Moore|Tom Moore]]: The Irish Poet'' (1977)
* ''My Name is Norval'' (1979) - novel
* ''Birds of Prey: Stories'' (1980) - fiction
* ''Johnnie Cross'' (1983) - novel about [[George Eliot]]
* ''Chat Show'' (1987) - novel
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