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Author photo. The Freedom of Poetry, Derek Stanford Falcon Press, 1947

The Freedom of Poetry, Derek Stanford Falcon Press, 1947

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Lawrence Durrell was born on February 27, 1912 in Jullundur, India to British parents. During World War II, he served as a British press officer. His first novel, Pied Piper of Lovers, was published in 1935, but was considered a failure. Some of his other works include The Black Book, The Alexandria Quartet, The Avignon Quintet, and Caesar's Vast Ghost: A Portrait of Provence. Bitter Lemons won the Duff Cooper Prize in 1959. He died on November 7, 1990 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Justine… (more)
Justine 2,683 copies, 55 reviews
The Alexandria Quartet 2,071 copies, 27 reviews
Balthazar 1,530 copies, 24 reviews
Clea 1,459 copies, 20 reviews
Mountolive 1,454 copies, 24 reviews
Bitter Lemons 860 copies, 19 reviews
The Black Book 505 copies, 7 reviews
Prospero's Cell 400 copies, 7 reviews
The Dark Labyrinth 398 copies, 10 reviews
The Greek Islands 337 copies, 4 reviews
Tunc 329 copies, 4 reviews
Reflections on a Marine Venus 298 copies, 4 reviews
Nunquam 269 copies, 2 reviews
The Avignon Quintet 255 copies, 6 reviews
Constance, or Solitary Practices 208 copies, 3 reviews
Livia, or Buried Alive 201 copies, 3 reviews
Sicilian Carousel 190 copies, 3 reviews
Esprit de Corps 185 copies, 3 reviews
White Eagles Over Serbia 178 copies, 4 reviews
Provence 176 copies, 3 reviews
Sebastian, or Ruling Passion 154 copies, 3 reviews
Antrobus Complete 141 copies, 3 reviews
Quinx, or The Ripper's Tale 123 copies, 3 reviews
Stiff Upper Lip 99 copies, 4 reviews
Collected Poems, 1931-74 86 copies, 1 review
Sauve Qui Peut 85 copies, 3 reviews
Blue thirst 50 copies, 1 review
Judith: A Novel 37 copies, 2 reviews
Selected Poems 36 copies
Collected Poems 33 copies
The Vampire: An Anthology (Contributor) 28 copies
Selected Poems 1935-1963 27 copies, 1 review
An Irish Faustus 18 copies, 2 reviews
Selected Poems 17 copies
Brassaï (Introduction; Introduction) 16 copies
Acte 13 copies, 2 reviews
Trilogía mediterránea 9 copies, 1 review
Vega and Other Poems 7 copies, 1 review
Henri Michaux 4 copies
Beccafico 2 copies
Vega 2 copies
I.A. 2 copies
Tune 1 copy
Poemas 1 copy
Artrobus 1 copy
Constance 1 copy
Carnival 1 copy
Ten poems 1 copy
Lady Chatterley's Lover (Preface, some editions) 13,219 copies, 212 reviews
The Colossus of Maroussi (Appendix, some editions) 1,218 copies, 21 reviews
The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Contributor) 578 copies, 3 reviews
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (Contributor, some editions) 538 copies, 8 reviews
A Pocket Book of Modern Verse (Contributor, some editions) 428 copies, 1 review
Pope Joan (Translator, some editions) 358 copies, 3 reviews
The Olympia Reader (Contributor) 276 copies, 1 review
The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse (Contributor, some editions) 260 copies, 3 reviews
The Gnostics (Foreword, some editions) 174 copies, 7 reviews
British Poetry Since 1945 (Contributor, some editions) 162 copies, 2 reviews
Brassai : Paris By Night 131 copies, 1 review
The Norton Book of Travel (Contributor) 110 copies, 1 review
Great Spy Stories From Fiction (Contributor, some editions) 72 copies
The Lucifer Society (Contributor) 39 copies, 1 review
A Dream in the Luxembourg (Preface, some editions) 17 copies
The Best of Henry Miller (Editor, some editions) 8 copies
Justine [1969 film] (Original book) 6 copies, 4 reviews
Stroker anthology, 1974-1994 (Contributor) 6 copies
Shakespeare (Contributor) 5 copies

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