Durrell family biography outlines

Writers

The Durrell family lived in India, Corfu, England and other places during the twentieth century.

Durrell family biography outlines

Their lives and travels were documented and made famous through their autobiographical writings, particularly those by Lawrence and Gerald. Other members of the family became notable in their own right. The TV series My Family and Other Animals (1987), the television film My Family and Other Animals (2005), the largely fictionalized TV series The Durrells (2016–2019), and the documentary What the Durrells Did Next were based on these writings.

Lawrence Samuel Durrell, Louisa Durrell and their children were all born in India during the British Raj. The Durrell children were fourth-generation settlers in India; their paternal grandmother Dora Johnstone and maternal grandfather George Dixie having also been born on the sub-continent.

Following Lawrence Samuel Durrell's death in 1928, Louisa Durrell and her three surviving younger children moved to th