Resources
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Bibliographies
For a short list of Durrell’s major works, see the Brief Bibliography The Online Critical Bibliography currently lists critical studies of Lawrence Durrell’s works in English and will eventually include works in other languages as well. Developing from the Koger-MacNiven bibliography and the Brigham-Thomas checklist, the Durrell Online Bibliography will be updated to a single …
Biography
Lawrence George Durrell was born on February 27, 1912, in Jullundur in northern India, near Tibet. His English father, Lawrence Samuel Durrell, and his Irish-English mother, Louisa Florence Dixie, had also been born in India. This mix of nationalities marked Durrell’s creative imagination. He would claim in later years that he had “a Tibetan mentality.” …
Special Collections
There are four major repositories of material by and about Lawrence Durrell: Southern Illinois University in Carbondale The two-part SIU holdings can be seen online at Collection 42 and Collection 163. If you have any questions about these Durrell inventories, contact: Special Collections, Morris Library Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL USA 62901-6623 Phone: (618) 453-2516 …
