Lawrence Durrell

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

Life

The son of British colonials Louisa and Lawrence Samuel Durrell spent his early years in India. At age eleven, he was sent to school to Canterbury (England), where, however, he never felt at home. He left the university without a degree, because it aspired to the career of the writer.

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

1941 had to leave because of the approaching German army Durrell Greece. Durrell moved to Cairo. As a result, Durrell lived in Alexandria, after the end of World War II 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 gave English lessons and later in turn worked for the British government in Nicosia. His experiences from the time of violent clashes between Turkish and Greek Cypriots he worked in the book Bitter Lemons (published 1957).

Even during the time in Cyprus Durrell began to work on the Alexandria Quartet, which was published 1957-1960. These four books brought a Durrell international recognition.

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

Durrell has been repeatedly proposed for the Nobel Prize. His dramas Sappho and Actis were first performed in Germany by Gustaf, An Irish Faust by Oscar Fritz Schuh at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.

After him the asteroid Durrell has been named.

Works

  • Alexandria Quartet ( " Alexandria Quartet "). Neuaufl. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1997/98.
  • The Revolt of Aphrodite ("The Revolt of Aphrodite "). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1970/77.
  • Avignon Quintet. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1991 /93.
  • The dark labyrinth. Roman ( "The Dark Labyrinth" ). Neuaufl. Rowohlt, Reinbek 11994, ISBN 3-499-13291-5.
  • Panic Spring. A romance. University Press, Vixctoria, BC 2008, ISBN 978-1-55058-381-6 ( Nachdr d ed London 1935 under the pseudonym Charles Norden).
  • Pied Piper of Lovers. A novel. University Press, Victoria, BC 2008, ISBN 978-1-55058-382-3 ( Nachdr d ed London 1935).
  • The Black Chronicle ( " 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.
  • Bitter Lemons. Cyprus -experienced ( "Bitter Lemons "). 24th edition Rowohlt, Reinbek 2004, ISBN 3-499-10993- X.
  • Blossoming Almond Tree. Sicilian Carousel ( " Sicilian Carousel "). Neuaufl. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1994, ISBN 3-499-15690-3.
  • Esprit de Corps or diplomats among them (the " Esprit de Corps "). Neuaufl. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1979, ISBN 3-499-11961-7 (includes: Stiff Upper Lip and Sauve Qui Peut ).
  • Greek Islands ("The Greek Islands "). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1978, ISBN 3-498-01229-0.
  • In Provence ( " Caesar's Vast Ghost" ). Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2007, ISBN 978-3-458-34971-6.
  • Bright oranges. Rhodes, island of Helios ( " Reflections on a Marine Venus "). Neuaufl. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2001, ISBN 3-499-11045-8.
  • Black olives. Corfu, the island of the Phaeacians ( " Prospero's Cell"). Neuaufl. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1994, ISBN 3-499-11102-0.
  • Blue Thirst. Capra Press. Santa Barbara, Calif. 1975, ISBN 0-88496-018-8.
  • A Key to Modern British Poetry. 3 edition 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 Nicholas Bornhorn. Akhilla Press Verlagsbuchhandlung, Butjadingen 2011.
  • Collected Poems. From 1931 to 1974. Faber & Faber, London, 1985, ISBN 0 - 571-13680 -X.
  • The icon and other poems. Black Swan Books, Redding 1981, ISBN 0-933806-01-9.
  • Selected poems. Faber & Faber, London 2006, ISBN 0-571-22739-2.
  • Too far to hear the singing. Poems. Greville Press, Warwick 2005, ISBN 0-906887-92-5.
  • Actis. Drama in three acts ( " Acte "). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1971 ( Nachdr d ed Reinbek 1964).
  • An Irish fist. Acting in nine images ( " An Irish Faust" ). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1963.
  • Sappho. A drama in verse ( " Sappho "). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1950.
  • Three dramatic seals. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1964 ( Content: Actis, An Irish fist and Sappho ).
  • The Durrell - Miller Letters. From 1935 to 1980. Faber & Faber, London, 1989, ISBN 0-571-14204-4.
  • Letters to Jean Fanchette. Édition Two Cities, Paris, 1988, ISBN 2-86235-005-2.
  • Literary Lifelines. The Richard Aldington - Lawrence Durrell Correspondence. Faber & Faber, London 1981, ISBN 0-571-11501-2.

Filmography

  • George Cukor (director): Alexandria - Greenhouse sin. 1968 ( based on the novel Justine in the Alexandria Quartet ).
  • Michael Mills (Director): Stiff upper lips. BBC, London, 1968 ( after the eponymous collection of anecdotes ).
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