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Lawrence George Durrell was a critically hailed and beloved novelist poet humorist and travel writer best known for The Alexandria Quartet novels which were ranked by the Modern Library as among the greatest works of English literature in the twentieth century A passionate and dedicated writer from an early age Durrell s prolific career also included the groundbreaking Avignon Quintet whose first novel Monsieur 1974 won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and whose third novel Constance 1982 was nominated for the Booker Prize He also penned the celebrated travel memoir Bitter Lemons of Cyprus 1957 which won the Duff Cooper Prize Durrell corresponded with author Henry Miller for forty five years and Miller influenced mu Lawrence George Durrell was a critically hailed and beloved novelist poet humorist and travel writer best known for The Alexandria Quartet novels which were ranked by the Modern Library as among the greatest works of English literature in the twentieth century A passionate and dedicated writer from an early age Durrell s prolific career also included the groundbreaking Avignon Quintet whose first novel Monsieur 1974 won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and whose third novel Constance 1982 was nominated for the Booker Prize He also penned the celebrated travel memoir Bitter Lemons of Cyprus 1957 which won the Duff Cooper Prize Durrell corresponded with author Henry Miller for forty five years and Miller influenced much of his early work including a provocative and controversial novel The Black Book 1938 Durrell died in France in 1990. Sappho amidst the waves The time Lawrence spent with his family mother Louisa siblings Leslie site_link Margaret Durrell and site_link Gerald Durrell on the island of Corfu were the subject of Gerald s memoirs and have been filmed numerous times for TV site_link note to self just because it has sappho as the title doesn t mean you re going to love it Paperback