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Lawrence Durrell

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Born: February 26 1912

Died: 0606 11 19901990

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Lawrence George Durrell was a critically hailed and beloved novelist, poet, humorist, and travel writer best known for The Alexandria Quartet novels, which were ranked by the Modern Library as among the greatest works of English literature in the twentieth century. A passionate and dedicated writer from an early age, Durrell’s prolific career also included the groundbreaking Avignon Quintet, whose first novel, Monsieur , won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and whose third novel, Constance , was nominated for the Booker Prize. He also penned the celebrated travel memoir Bitter Lemons of Cyprus , which won the Duff Cooper Prize. Durrell corresponded with author Henry Miller for forty-five years, and Miller influenced much of his early work, including a provocative and controversial novel, The Black Book . Durrell died in France in 1990.

The time Lawrence spent with his family, mother Louisa, siblings Leslie, Margaret Durrell, and Gerald Durrell, on the island of Corfu were the subject of Gerald's memoirs and have been filmed numerous times for TV.

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Lawrence Durrell

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Books from Lawrence Durrell

The Alexandria Quartet

Justine

Mountolive

Clea

Prospero's Cell

The Dark Labyrinth

Balthazar

Justine

Bitter Lemons of Cyprus: Life on a Mediterranean Island

Livia or Buried Alive

Nunquam

Sicilian Carousel

Italy in Mind: An Anthology

The Secret Lives of Alexandra David-Neel: A Biography of the Explorer of Tibet and its Forbidden Practices

Caesar's Vast Ghost: Aspects of Provence

The Nightcharmer and Other Tales of Claude Seignolle

الإسكندرية : تاريخ ودليل

The Greek Islands

Antrobus Complete

A Smile in the Mind's Eye: An Adventure into Zen Philosophy