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Lawrence George Durrell CBE (/ ˈ d ʊr əl, ˈ d ʌr-/; [1] 27 February 1912 [2] – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer.He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell.
The son of Samuel Amos Durrell (1851–1914), [4] an official in the British Army's Ordnance Department in Bengal, and his second wife, Dora Maria Johnstone (1862–1943). Lawrence Samuel was a civil engineer working mainly on railway and construction projects in north-east India, eventually founding his own company of Durrell & Co. in Jamshedpur.
Five characters in Monsieur (including Durrell, referred to as "D," of "Devil in the Details") claim to be the author of the book. [6]In the first section, "Outremer" (outre-mer, meaning overseas in French, and used to officially refer to former colonies that are now departments and territories of the metropole), protagonist Bruce Drexel is introduced, who is the chief narrator of the novel.
The Alexandria Quartet is a tetralogy of novels by British writer Lawrence Durrell, published between 1957 and 1960. A critical and commercial success, the first three books present three perspectives on a single set of events and characters in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during the Second World War. The fourth book is set six years later.
Lawrence Samuel Durrell (23 September 1884 – 16 April 1928) was a British engineer, best remembered as the father of novelist Lawrence Durrell and naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. Early life [ edit ]
The Lawrence Durrell Collection is a special collection of books and periodicals by, about or associated with the novelist and poet Lawrence Durrell, ...
Mountolive, published in 1958, is the third volume in The Alexandria Quartet series by British author Lawrence Durrell.Set in Alexandria, Egypt, around World War II, the four novels tell essentially the same story from different points of view and come to a conclusion in Clea.
Bitter Lemons is an autobiographical work by writer Lawrence Durrell, describing the three years (1953–1956) he spent on the island of Cyprus. The book was awarded the Duff Cooper Prize for 1957, the second year the prize was awarded.