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Lawrence George Durrell CBE (/ ˈ d ʊr əl, ˈ d ʌr-/; 27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell .
Lawrence Durrell was an English novelist, poet, and writer of topographical books, verse plays, and farcical short stories who is best known as the author of The Alexandria Quartet, a series of four interconnected novels. Durrell spent most of his life outside England and had little sympathy with.
Mar 6, 2018 · Lawrence Durrell wrote a book for every kind of reader, from travel memoirs to spy thrillers to experimental fiction to hilarious short story collections.
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 longtime smoker, Lawrence Durrell died of an emphysema-related stroke in 1990, at his house in Sommières.
Lawrence Durrell has 212 books on Goodreads with 121837 ratings. Lawrence Durrell’s most popular book is The Alexandria Quartet (The Alexandria Quartet, ...
Lawrence George Durrell was born on February 27, 1912, in Jullundur in northern India, near Tibet. His English father, Lawrence Samuel Durrell, and his Irish-English mother, Louisa Florence Dixie, had also been born in India. This mix of nationalities marked Durrell’s creative imagination.
