LAWRENCE DURRELL PANEL DISCUSSION

LAWRENCE DURRELL PANEL DISCUSSION
06/29/2012 - 00:49
LAWRENCE DURRELL PANEL DISCUSSION

Lawrence Durrell and Corfu: A Centenary Appraisal

On the occasion of the international centenary celebrations marking the birth of novelist and poet Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990), the Durrell School of Corfu is organising a one-week seminar dedicated to the life and work of Lawrence Durrell at the Athens Centre in Athens, Greece.

In Collaboration with the British Council Greece

• Richard Pine, Founder and Director Emeritus, Durrell School of Corfu
- Lawrence Durrell: A Centenary Assessment, with a brief introduction to Lawrence Durrell's "new" novel Judith.

• Beatrice Skordili (Athens)
- Lawrence Durrell's Heraldic Universe

• Foteini Dimirouli (Keble College, Oxford)
- Paradise Lost? Lawrence Durrell's "romance" with the Hellenic World

• Anthony Hirst, Academic Director, Durrell School of Corfu
- Darley's Island: the Greek setting of The Alexandria Quartet

 

For further information, visit: www.durrell-school-corfu.org.

Wine and conversation follows the event.

Start date: 
29 Jun 2012
End date: 
29 Jun 2012
Start time: 
19:30
Venue: 

The Athens Centre

Archimidous 48, Pangrati (Mets)

Tel: 210-7015242 or 210-7012268

Email: athenscr@ath.forthnet.gr, info@athenscentre.gr