Novelist Lawrence Durrell

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Lawrence Durrell

Living place: India

Birthday: 27-2-1912

Global rank: #71266

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Who is Novelist Lawrence Durrell?
An Indian-born novelist, poet and travel writer, he is known for his Alexandria Quartet, which includes the novels Justine (1957), Balthazar (1958), Mountolive (1958), and Clea (1960). Between 1931 and 1980, he also published nearly a dozen poetry collections, such as A Private Country (1943) and City, Plains and People (1946).
He named his second daughter Sappho after the famous Greek poet.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He failed his entrance exam to study university but still published his first collection of poetry at the age of nineteen. His first novel, Pied Piper of Lovers, was published in 1935.

Family life info

He was born in British-controlled India, and he died at the age of seventy-eight in France. He married four times; His first and second marriages (to Nancy Isobel Myers and Eve Cohen) produced a total of two daughters.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Lawrence Durrell?
During the 1930s, he collaborated with Anais Nin on a number of literary works.

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When was Novelist Lawrence Durrell born?
Lawrence Durrell was born in 27-2-1912, death year is , at the age of 112.
Where is Novelist Lawrence Durrell's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Lawrence Durrell was born in India. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Lawrence Durrell's global rank is 71266 and whose rank is 762 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1912 and 27-2

Events in the world in the birth year of Lawrence Durrell

  • The "unsinkable" oceanliner Titanic sinks on maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg; over 1,500 drown (April 15).
  • Balkan Wars begin, resulting from territorial disputes: Turkey defeated by alliance of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro (Oct.).

Birthday Lawrence Durrell (27-2) in history

  • Day 27-2 year 1844: Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti.
  • Day 27-2 year 1933: German Reichstag building in Berlin was destroyed by fire.
  • Day 27-2 year 1951: The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, limiting the President to two terms.
  • Day 27-2 year 1973: Members of the American Indian Movement occupied the village of Wounded Knee, S.D.
  • Day 27-2 year 1991: Kuwait was liberated in the Gulf War.
  • Day 27-2 year 2003: Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, died.
  • Day 27-2 year 2012: Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down as president of Yemen after months of protests.
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