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Title: Lawrence Durrell Papers
Date (inclusive): 1934-1966
Collection number: 637
Creator: Durrell, Lawrence
Extent: 6 boxes (3.0 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Abstract: Collection consists of materials related to Durrell's career as a writer. Includes correspondence, literary manuscripts, drawings,
photographs, sound recordings, and books. Correspondence includes letters to various persons and correspondence between Lawrence
Clark Powell and others regarding the Durrell collection. Manuscripts include an 1886 translation of Pope Joan: the female
Pope.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Lawrence George Durrell was born Feb. 27, 1912 in Julundur, India; the son of British parents, he grew up in India and spent
his young adult years in England; he held many odd jobs such as jazz pianist, automobile racer, real estate agent, instructor,
and press attaché; moved to France and became a full time writer in 1957; of his various publications, Durrell is best known
for the Alexandria quartet, a tetralogy with titles, Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, and Clea which appeared between 1957
and 1960; died Nov. 7, 1990.
Collection consists of materials related to Durrell's career as a writer. Includes correspondence, literary manuscripts, drawings,
photographs, sound recordings, and books. Correspondence includes letters to various persons and correspondence between Lawrence
Clark Powell and others regarding the Durrell collection. Manuscripts include an 1886 translation of Pope Joan: the female
Pope.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Durrell, Lawrence--Archives.
Authors, English--20th century--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.
Henry Miller papers (Collection 110) . Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
- Letters to Henry Miller,
Date: 1935-1968, from various places.
- 352 items.
- Holograph and typescript. Many of these letters were published in Lawrence Durrell [and] Henry Miller; a private correspondence. Edited by George Wickes. New York, Dutton, 1963.
Kenneth Rexroth papers (Collection 175) . Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.