Lawrence Durrell

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Lawrence Durrell
(plaque in Corfu)
Durrell's home, now the White House in Kalami on the east coast of Corfu
Plaque at the White House in Kalami with a photo of young Durrell

Lawrence George Durrell (born February 27, 1912 in Jalandhar , British India , † November 7, 1990 in Sommières , Gard , France ) was a British writer .

Life

The son of Louisa and Lawrence Samuel Durrell spent the first years of his life in India. At the age of eleven he was sent to school in Canterbury (England), where he never felt at home. He left university without a degree because he wanted to become a writer.

On January 22, 1935, Durrell married Nancy Isobel Myers, his first wife. In March, after stays in Paris and Athens, he moved to Corfu with his mother, wife and siblings including brother Gerald . It was at this time that his lifelong friendship with fellow writer Henry Miller began . In the same year he published his first novel Pied Piper of Lovers .

In 1941 the Durrells had to leave Greece because of the approaching German army. Durrell moved to Cairo . Subsequently, Durrell lived in Alexandria , after the end of the Second World War in Rhodes , 1947/48 in Argentina , from 1949 to 1952 in Belgrade . He worked in various positions, mostly as a press attaché , for the British government.

In 1952 Durrell moved to Cyprus , where he first taught English and later again worked for the British government in Nicosia . He processed his experiences from the time of the violent uprising of the Cypriots against the British occupation forces in the book Bitter Limonen (published 1957).

While still in Cyprus, Durrell began work on the Alexandria Quartet , which was published between 1957 and 1960. These four books earned Durrell international recognition.

When Durrell had to leave Cyprus in 1956, he settled in the south of France , where he would spend the rest of his life. Durrell was married four times and had two daughters.

Durrell has been nominated repeatedly for the Nobel Prize. His dramas Sappho and Actis were premiered in Germany by Gustaf Gründgens and Ein Irish Faust by Oscar Fritz Schuh at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.

The asteroid Durrell was named after him.

Works

Novels
  1. Justine. Roman (1957). German EA 1958, Rowohlt Verlag Hamburg. 1997, ISBN 3-499-22264-7 .
  2. Balthazar. Novel (1958). ("Balthazar") Ger. EA 1959, Rowohlt Verlag Hamburg. 1998, ISBN 3-499-22261-2 .
  3. Mountolive. Novel (1958). German EA 1960, Rowohlt Verlag Hamburg . 1998, ISBN 3-499-22262-0 .
  4. Clea. Roman (1960). German EA 1961, Rowohlt Verlag Hamburg. 1998, ISBN 3-499-22263-9 .
  • The Revolt of Aphrodite ("The Revolt of Aphrodite"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1969/70.
  1. Tunc. Roman ("Tunc"). German EA 1969, ISBN 3-498-01216-9 . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1969.
  2. Nunquam. Roman ("Nunquam"). German EA 1970, ISBN 3-498-01218-5 . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1970.
  1. Monsieur or the Prince of Darkness. Roman ("Monsieur or the prince of darkness"). 1991, ISBN 3-499-12909-4 .
  2. Livia or buried alive. Roman ("Livia or buried alive"). 1992, ISBN 3-499-13061-0 .
  3. Constance or private practices. Roman ("Constance or solitary practices"). 1992, ISBN 3-499-13129-3 .
  4. Sebastian or the violence of passion. Roman ("Sebastian or the ruling passions"). 1993, ISBN 3-499-13130-7 .
  5. Five eyes or what the murderer said. Roman ("Quinx or the ripper's tale"). 1993, ISBN 3-499-13131-5 .
  • The dark labyrinth. Roman ("The Dark Labyrinth"). New edition Rowohlt, Reinbek 11994, ISBN 3-499-13291-5 .
  • Panic Spring. A romance . University Press, Victoria, BC 2008, ISBN 978-1-55058-381-6 (reprinted from London 1935 edition; under the pseudonym Charles Norden).
  • Pied Piper of Lovers. A novel . University Press, Victoria, BC 2008, ISBN 978-1-55058-382-3 (reprinted from London 1935 edition).
  • Die Schwarze Chronik ("The Black Book"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1962.
  • White eagles over Serbia. an adventure novel for young readers ("White Eagles over Serbia"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1977, ISBN 3-499-10862-3 .
Travel books and other prose
Non-fiction
  • Blue Thirst . Capra Press. Santa Barbara, Calif. 1975, ISBN 0-88496-018-8 .
  • A Key to Modern British Poetry . 3rd ed. University Press, Norman, Okl. 1970, ISBN 0-8061-0251-9 .
  • The smile of the Tao ("A Smile in the Mind's Eye"). Dianus Trikont Verlag, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-88167-120-X .
    • reissued: translated by Nikolaus Bornhorn. Achilla Presse publishing house, Butjadingen 2011.
  • Spirit of Place. Mediterranean essays . Faber & Faber, London 1990, ISBN 0-571-09652-2 (reprint of the London 1969 edition).
Poems
Plays
  • Actis. Drama in three acts ("Acte"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1971 (reprint of the Reinbek edition 1964).
  • An Irish fist. Play in nine pictures (“An Irish Faust”). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1963.
  • Sappho. A drama in verse ("Sappho"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1950.
  • Three dramatic seals . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1964 (content: Actis , Ein Irish Faust and Sappho ).
Letters
  • Lawrence Durrell - Henry Miller, Letters 1935-1959 . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1967

Filmography

script
Novels

literature

  • Gordon Bowker: Through the dark labyrinth. A biography of Lawrence Durrell . Pimlico Books, London 1998, ISBN 0-7126-6678-8 .
  • Michael V. Diboll: Lawrence Durrell's "Alexandria Quartet" in its Egyptian contexts . Mellen Publ., Lewiston, NY 2005, ISBN 0-7734-6267-8 (Studies in British Literature; 84).
  • Alan W. Friedmann (Ed.): Critical essays on Lawrence Durrell Hall Press, Boston 1987, ISBN 0-8161-8755-X .
  • Alan W. Friedman: Lawrence Durrell and the "Alexandria Quartet". Art for love's sake . University Press, Norman, Okla. 1970, ISBN 0-8061-0871-1 .
  • Wolfgang Geisthövel : No visit to Lawrence Durrell. Literary forays . Donat Verlag , Bremen 2011, ISBN 3-934836-24-0 .
  • Colette Guillemard: Le labyrinthe romanesque de Lawrence Durrell . Édition Champion, Paris 1980 (2 volumes, including dissertation University of Lille 1977).
  • Stefan Herbrechte: Lawrence Durrell, Postmodernism and the Ethics of Alterity . Rodopi, Amsterdam 1999, ISBN 90-420-0481-9 (Postmodern Studies; 26).
  • Donald Kaczvinsky: Lawrence Durrell's major novels, or The kingdom of the imagination . University Press, Selinsgrove 1997, ISBN 0-945636-99-7 .
  • Ian S. MacNiven: Lawrence Durrell. A biography . Faber & Faber, London 1998, ISBN 0-571-17248-2 .
  • Ray Morrison: A smile in his mind's eye. A study of the early works of Lawrence Durrell . University Press, Toronto 2005, ISBN 0-8020-8939-9 .
  • James R. Nichols: The stronger sex. The fictional women of Lawrence Durrell . University Press, Madison, NJ 2010, ISBN 978-0-8386-4247-4 .
  • Jacques Pelletier: La "Quatuor d'Alexandrie" de Lawrence Durrell . Hachette, Paris 1975.
  • Julius R. Raper: Lawrence Durrell. Comprehending the whole . University Press, Columbia, Mon. 1995, ISBN 0-8262-0982-3 .
  • Linda Stump Rashidi: (Re) constructing reality. Complexity in Lawrence Durrell's "Alexandria Quartet" . Lang, New York 2005, ISBN 0-8204-7448-7 .
  • John A. Weigel: Lawrence Durrell . Twayne Publ., Boston, Mass. 1989, ISBN 0-8057-6986-2 .
  • Jürgen Klein: The Mediterranean and the Orient: Metaphysics and Modernism in Lawrence Durrell's Justine , in: Eva Oppermann (ed.), Literatur und Lebenskunst / Literature and the Art of Living. Festschrift for Gerd Rohmann. Kassel 2006: Kassel University Press, pp. 166-183.

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personal data
SURNAME Durrell, Lawrence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Durrell, Lawrence George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Jalandhar , British India
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1990
Place of death Sommières , Gard department , France