[ilds] ILDS Digest, Vol 77, Issue 1_Durrell's residence in Alexandria

[James Gifford]

Durrell left in 1945 for Rhodes.  I think he arrived in 1941 or early 
'42, but I'd need to actually check.  Stephanides has an interesting 
account of the Luna hotel for refugees in /Autumn Gleanings/.  Fort this 
particular story, I'm inclined to think that newspapers aren't known for 
reliable data, nor news in general -- however, the publicity is good, so 
I'm not personally inclined to be too critical...

I'd have to double check, but the next visit to Egypt was near to 1977.

Good to see you're all noticing this event, sad as it is!

Best,
James

On 2013-09-08 9:29 PM, Sumantra Nag wrote:
> The post seems to say that Durrell stayed in Alexandria from 1942 to
> 1956...??
>
> Surely, he left Alexandria with Eve Cohen - perhaps for Rhodes - around
> 1942 or during the early 1940s. As far as I know his next visit to
> Alexandria came many years later.
>
> Sumantra
>
> Sent from my Samsung Tablet
>