1912 - 1990
Lawrence George Durrell (; 27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer. He was the eldest brother of naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. Born in India to British colonial parents, he was sent to England at the age of eleven for his education. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lawrence Durrell has received more than 2,779,521 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Lawrence Durrell is the 1,057th most popular writer (up from 1,328th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from India (up from 131st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Indian Writer.
Lawrence Durrell is most famous for his "Alexandria Quartet," a series of four novels set in Alexandria, Egypt.
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Among writers, Lawrence Durrell ranks 1,057 out of 5,794. Before him are Robert Merle, John Dickson Carr, Philostratus, Fredric Brown, Timaeus of Locri, and Alfred Thayer Mahan. After him are Joost van den Vondel, James Hadley Chase, Roger Caillois, Max Nordau, Cai Yan, and Nikolai Leskov.
1908 - 2004
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 1,051
1906 - 1977
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 1,052
170 - 250
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 1,053
1906 - 1972
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 1,054
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 1,055
1840 - 1914
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 1,056
1912 - 1990
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 1,057
1587 - 1679
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 1,058
1906 - 1985
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 1,059
1913 - 1978
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 1,060
1849 - 1923
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 1,061
177 - 250
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 1,062
1831 - 1895
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 1,063
Among people born in 1912, Lawrence Durrell ranks 55. Before him are Taiichi Ohno, Minoru Yamasaki, Elsa Morante, Cornel Wilde, Pedro Armendáriz, and Tibor Sekelj. After him are Pat Nixon, John Payne, George Emil Palade, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Julius Axelrod, and Ertuğrul Osman. Among people deceased in 1990, Lawrence Durrell ranks 38. Before him are Sergio Corbucci, Oldřich Nejedlý, Luigi Nono, Bruno Kreisky, Taiichi Ohno, and Yiannis Ritsos. After him are Vasili Kuznetsov, Aaron Copland, Art Blakey, Ugo Tognazzi, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, and Edward A. Murphy Jr..
1912 - 1990
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 49
1912 - 1986
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 50
1912 - 1985
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 51
1912 - 1989
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 52
1912 - 1963
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 53
1912 - 1988
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 54
1912 - 1990
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 55
1912 - 1993
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 56
1912 - 1989
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 57
1912 - 2008
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 58
1912 - 2007
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 59
1912 - 2004
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 60
1912 - 2009
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 61
1926 - 1990
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 32
1909 - 1990
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 33
1924 - 1990
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 34
1911 - 1990
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 35
1912 - 1990
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 36
1909 - 1990
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 37
1912 - 1990
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 38
1901 - 1990
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 39
1900 - 1990
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 40
1919 - 1990
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 41
1922 - 1990
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 42
1901 - 1990
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 43
1918 - 1990
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 44
Among people born in India, Lawrence Durrell ranks 112 out of 1,227. Before him are Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Savitribai Phule (1831), Maharana Pratap (1540), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), Vishvamitra (-2000), and Mahavatar Babaji (1900). After him are Pervez Musharraf (1943), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), Radha (null), Varāhamihira (505), and Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904).
1918 - 2008
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 106
1831 - 1897
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 107
1540 - 1597
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 108
1896 - 1977
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 109
2000 BC - 2000 BC
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 110
1900 - Present
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 111
1912 - 1990
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 112
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 113
1924 - 1988
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 114
1924 - 2018
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 115
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 116
505 - 587
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 117
1904 - 1966
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 118
Among writers born in India, Lawrence Durrell ranks 19. Before him are Tukaram (1608), Deepak Chopra (1946), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Sarojini Naidu (1879), Basava (1134), and Savitribai Phule (1831). After him are Namdev (1270), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838), Vidyapati (1352), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), and B. K. S. Iyengar (1918).
1608 - 1650
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 13
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 14
1918 - 2005
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 15
1879 - 1949
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 16
1134 - 1196
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 17
1831 - 1897
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 18
1912 - 1990
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 19
1270 - 1350
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 20
1899 - 1976
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 21
1838 - 1894
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 22
1352 - 1448
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 23
601 - 700
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 24
1918 - 2014
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 25