Malcolm Lowry (1909–1957)
Autor(a) de Under the Volcano
About the Author
Clarence Malcolm Lowry was born on July 28, 1909 in Cheshire, England. He attended Braeside School, Caldicote School and the Leys School, Cambridge before sailing to the Far East as a deckhand in the summer of 1927. Upon his return in 1929, Lowry settled down to his education, first studying with mostrar mais poet and novelist Conrad Aiken for several months and then entering St. Catherine's College, Cambridge University, England. He graduated in 1932 with a B.A. in English and published his first novel, "Ultramarine," in 1933. In 1934, he married Jan Gabrail in Paris, but was tormented by emotional problems. After spending some time in the psychiatric wing of Bellevue Hospital in New York, he began work on his next book, "Lunar Caustic" in 1935. The next year, he and his wife moved to Mexico where he began writing "Under the Volcano." Over the next 10 years, work on the book continued, despite personal crises that included a divorce and remarriage, moves from Mexico to Los Angeles to Vancouver, and the destruction of his home by fire. "Under the Volcano" was finally published in New York on February 19, 1947 and in London on September 1, 1947. The book has since become a classic, but unfortunately its themes of alcoholism and failure were all too genuine a part of Lowry's life. While he continued to write and to travel, the remainder of his life was plagued by the severe emotional problems brought about by his excessive drinking. Malcolm Lowry died on June 27, 1957 in the English village of Ripe, Sussex. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Malcolm Lowry foto: Modernista
Séries
Obras por Malcolm Lowry
Hear Us O Lord from Thy Dwelling Place: AND Lunar Caustic (Penguin modern classics) (1979) 29 exemplares
Sursum Corda! The Collected Letters of Malcolm Lowry 4 exemplares
Ultramarine - Sombre comme la tombe où repose mon ami - En route vers l'île de Gabriola (2005) 3 exemplares
Canadian poetry magazine, Vol.14, No.3 - Spring 1931 3 exemplares
ATRAVÉS DO CANAL DO PANAMA 2 exemplares
Gesamtwerk in Einzelausgaben 1 = Die letzte Adresse und Erzählungen aus dem Nachlass (1986) 2 exemplares
Lowry Malcom 1 exemplar
Cambridge poetry, 1930 1 exemplar
New world writing. 4 1 exemplar
Cáustico Lunar seguido de Ghostkeeper 1 exemplar
The Tamarack Review, Number 19, Spring 1961 1 exemplar
Canadian Literature, Number 9, Summer 1961 1 exemplar
Poésies complètes, Malcolm Lawry 1 exemplar
Το Μονοπάτι της Βρύσης 1 exemplar
The bravest boat 1 exemplar
Pod ognjenikom 1 exemplar
Associated Works
New World Writing: Third Mentor Selection - Poetry, Fiction, Drama, Criticism (1953) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Lowry, Malcolm
- Nome legal
- Lowry, Clarence Malcolm
- Data de nascimento
- 1909-07-28
- Data de falecimento
- 1957-06-26
- Localização do túmulo
- St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Ripe, East Sussex, England
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Engels
- Local de nascimento
- New Brighton, Merseyside, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Ripe, East Sussex, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Paris, France
New York, New York, USA
Mexico
Los Angeles, California, USA
Dollarton, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Italy (mostrar todos 7)
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK - Educação
- University of Cambridge (St. Catherine's)
Leys School, Cambridge - Ocupações
- Writer
- Relações
- Aiken, Conrad (friend)
Membros
Críticas
Listas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 61
- Also by
- 10
- Membros
- 5,740
- Popularidade
- #4,296
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 102
- ISBN
- 257
- Línguas
- 19
- Marcado como favorito
- 29
Malcolm Lowry
Publicado: 1947 | 382 páginas
Novela Drama
Es Día de Muertos y Geoffrey Firmin pasea por las cantinas de Quauhnáhuac mientras dos volcanes, el Popocatépetl y el Iztaccíhuatl, se asoman como trágico recordatorio de la crisis que tiene con Yvonne, quien acaba de regresar a México como último recurso para evitar la caída de su matrimonio y de Firmin, su esposo. En 1947 Malcolm Lowry publicó en lengua inglesa una de las obras fundamentales para las letras mexicanas: «Bajo el volcán», una suerte de premonición que deviene en profecía, el relato delirante de un hombre arruinado por el alcohol, de los amantes fuera de su elemento, su Edén… Quauhnáhuac es esa ciudad tempestad —tan real como imaginada— de tabernas para beber hasta la sobriedad, de perros callejeros, de indígenas moribundos, de calles serpenteantes por las que desciende una procesión durante el Día de Muertos. Una ciudad poética, el mito de la autodestrucción dominado por dos volcanes y esgrimido por medio de la cábala y el mezcal.… (mais)