Lawrence George Durrell (February 27, 1912 - November 7, 1990) was a British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer, though he resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be considered cosmopolitan. It was also discovered posthumously that Durrell never had British citizenship. His most famous work is the tetralogy "The Alexandria Quartet". Wikipedia
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Lawrence Durrell was born in Darjeeling, India, the son of Lawrence Samuel Durrell, a British civil engineer, and Louisa (Dixie) Durrell, who was of pure Protestant Irish descent. Both his parents had been born and brought up in the India of the Raj. "G www.kirjasto.sci.fi/durrell.htm
There are few authors who have left so distinctive a mark on the literature of the twentieth century as Lawrence Durrell. www.grapevine.net/~nedblake/lgd_biography.html
