The annual Literature and Culture Since 1900 Conference was held on 24-26 February 2022 in Louisville and once again featured a panel of academic papers organized by the International Lawrence Durrell Society. The theme for the Friday session was “’Everything miasmic’: Modernist Bodies in Sickness and Health.” Attendees celebrated afterward with good food and wine and …
The International Lawrence Durrell joins with literary admirers, friends, and family across the globe to mourn the passing of the indomitable H. R. “Stoney” Stoneback. He was a vibrant presence at many ILDS gatherings and those of many other societies. To read the obituary describing his remarkable teaching, academic, poetic, and musical career, click here. …
The results are in for the 2021 White Mice Poetry Contest! The theme this year was “history revisited,” in connection with the pandemic-delayed ILDS conference scheduled for Toulouse, France, in June 2022. To view the list of prize-winners, click here. Many thanks to our dedicated judges: Dianne Vipond, Julia Hardie Kazcvinski, and Julie Kane.
The September 2021 issue of The Herald features tributes to the memory of Brewster Chamberlin, a first look at the new Faber editions of the Quartet, Christopher Bacon’s essay on Anne Ridler’s editing of Reflections on a Marine Venus, book reviews, and, of course, The Chart Room. Check it out here.
Faber and Faber, Lawrence Durrell’s London publishers from the 1930’s until his death, are in the process of re-publishing his Faber back-catalogue. Now available are Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea, all with new Introductions by Andre Aciman, Alaa Al Aswany, William Boyd, and Elif Shafak. Click here for the press release for Justine. Click here for …
The April 2021 issue of The Herald, Volume 46, is now available! This issue features perspectives and meditations on the Greek island of Corfu so memorably evoked by Lawrence Durrell in Prospero’s Cell and other works. Also included are gorgeous photographs of natural and man-made landmarks of the island. Click here to enjoy.
On Friday, February 5, Durrellians from seven different countries and a variety of time zones gathered virtually to share readings of Lawrence Durrell, discussion, and camaraderie. Thanks to everyone who participated. We enjoyed readings of poetry, the novels (especially The Alexandria Quartet), and the “island” books (like Bitter Lemons and Reflections on a Marine Venus). …
We have just lost another devoted Durrellian scholar and accomplished Renaissance man, Brewster Chamberlin. He served as long-time Director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial in Washington, D.C. and on the faculty and board of the Durrell School in Corfu. “To be guided around Avignon by Brewster was to experience the medieval renegade Papacy, and to …
David Williams Russell, a long-time and much-beloved member of the International Lawrence Durrell Society, passed away in Carmel, California at the age of 75 on Election Day, November 3, 2020. To read about his remarkable life and accomplishments, click here. We send our sincere condolences to his family and many friends.
