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Biography
Lawrence George Durrell was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell.
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Awards & recognition
- Cholmondeley Award · 1986
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize · 1974
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Booker Prize · 1982 · nominated
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- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1965 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1964 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1963 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1962 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Literature · 1961 · nominated
