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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Lawrence Durrell papers
Creator:
Durrell, Lawrence
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0637
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
(6 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1934-1966
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.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Collection is restricted from copying. Requests must be sent directly to trustees.
[Identification of item], Lawrence Durrell papers (Collection 637). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9912179043606533
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.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (1934-1966), drawings and photographs (Box 1).
- Manuscripts of poems, stories, articles, and plays by Lawrence Durrell (Box 2).
- Manuscripts of Pope Joan (Box 3).
- Manuscripts of novels and printed books by Lawrence Durrell (Box 4).
- Printed material relating to Lawrence Durrell (Box 5).
- Books from the library of Lawrence Durrell (Box 6).
Henry Miller papers (Collection 110) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.
- 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 UCLA Library Special Collections.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Manuscripts for publication
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Archives
Durrell, Lawrence--Archives.