Lawrence Durrell

Lawrence Durrell

Lawrence George Durrell (February 27, 1912 – November 7, 1990), was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer, though he resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be considered cosmopolitan. It has been posthumously suggested that Durrell never had British citizenship, though more accurately, he became defined as a non-patrial in 1968, due to the amendment to the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962. Hence, he was denied the right to enter or settle in Britain under new laws and had to apply for a visa for each entry. His most famous work is the tetralogy the Alexandria Quartet.

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    Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air
    Nelson stylites in Trafalgar Square
    Reminds the British what once they were.
    Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990)

    It’s only with great vulgarity that you can achieve real refinement, only out of bawdry that you can get tenderness.
    Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990)

    It’s unthinkable not to love—you’d have a severe nervous breakdown. Or you’d have to be Philip Larkin.
    Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990)