Literature
Terence de Vere White
Terence de Vere White was educated at St. Stephen’s School and Trinity College, Dublin (BA, LLB).
He was Literary Editor of the Irish Times from 1961-77; Vice-Chairman, Board of Governors, National Gallery of Ireland; Trustee of the National Library from 1946-79 and of the Chester Beatty Library from 1959-80; Director of the Gate Theatre from 1969-81; member of the Irish Academy of Letters (1968); Hon. RHA (1968); Hon. Professor of Literature, RHA (1973) and FRSL (1981).
Among his many publications are The Road of Excess (1945); Kevin O’Higgins (1948); The Story of the Royal Dublin Society (1955); A Fretful Midge (1957); A Leaf from the Yellow Book (1958); An Affair with the Moon (1959); Prenez Garde (1962); The Remainder Man (1963); Lucifer Falling (1965); The Parents of Oscar Wilde (1967); Tara (1967); Leinster (1968); Ireland (1968); The Lambert Mile (1969); The March Hare (1970); Mr. Stephen (1971); The Anglo-Irish (1972); The Distance and the Dark (1973); The Radish Memoirs (1974); Big Fleas and Little Fleas (1976); Chimes at Midnight (1977); Tom Moore (1977); My Name is Norval (1978); Birds of Prey (1980); Johnnie Cross (1983), and Chat Show (1987).
He also contributed to 19th Century, Cambridge Review, Horizon, The Spectator, the New York Times, and the Sunday Telegraph.