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Lawrence Durrell

(Lawrence George Durrell)

(1912 - 1990)
(Brother of Gerald Durrell)
aka
Charles Norden

About Lawrence Durrell

Lawrence Durrell was a novelist, poet, translator, travel writer, and dramatist. Born in India, Durrell lived in and celebrated the Mediterranean world. He is best known for the novels that comprise The Alexandria Quartet.

Series

Alexandria Quartet
1. Justine (1957)
2. Balthazar (1958)
3. Mountolive (1958)
4. Clea (1960)
The Alexandria Quartet (omnibus) (2005)

Revolt of Aphrodite
1. Tunc (1968)
2. Nunquam (1970)

Avignon Quintet
1. Monsieur (1974)
2. Livia (1978)
3. Constance (1982)
4. Sebastian (1983)
5. Quinx (1985)
The Avignon Quintet (omnibus) (2004)

Novels

Pied Piper of Lovers (1935)
Panic Spring (1937) (writing as Charles Norden)
The Black Book (1938)
The Dark Labyrinth (1947)
White Eagles Over Serbia (1957)
Pope Joan (1971)
Constance or Solitary Practices (1982)

Omnibus

The Revolt of Aphrodite (1974)

Collections

Selected Poems: 1953-63 (poems) (1964)
Collected Poems: 1931 - 1974 (poems) (1980)
Selected Poems of Lawrence Durrell (poems) (2006)

Non fiction

Prospero's Cell (1945)
Reflections on a Marine Venus (1953)
Bitter Lemons (1957)
Blue Thirst (1975)
Sicilian Carousel (1977)
The Greek Islands (1978)
The Durrell-Miller Letters, 1935-80 (1988) (with Henry Miller)
Caesar's Vast Ghost (1990)

Anthologies containing stories by Lawrence Durrell

The Vampire (1963)

Short stories

	Carnival (1958)
	High Barbary (1961)

Awards

	James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Novel winner (1974) : Monsieur
	The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1982) : Constance or Solitary Practices

Links to other websites

Lawrence Durrell Society

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