Durrell family

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The Durrell family was a British family, including naturalist Gerald Durrell and writer Lawrence Durrell, whose eccentric life on the Greek island of Corfu in the 1930s became famous through memoirs and adaptations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British family
family
associatedWith 20th-century British literature
Greek culture
natural history
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describedBy Gerald Durrell NERFINISHED
Lawrence Durrell NERFINISHED
ethnicity British
fictionalizedIn Birds, Beasts and Relatives NERFINISHED
My Family and Other Animals NERFINISHED
My Family and Other Animals (TV film) NERFINISHED
The Durrells (TV series) NERFINISHED
The Garden of the Gods NERFINISHED
genreOfDepictions autobiographical memoir
comedy-drama
hasAdaptationMedium film
radio
television
hasFamilyTheme coming-of-age
eccentricity
expatriate life
nature and wildlife
hasLiteraryConnection Corfu Trilogy NERFINISHED
hasMatriarch Louisa Durrell NERFINISHED
hasMemberRole Gerald Durrell – naturalist NERFINISHED
Lawrence Durrell – writer
Leslie Durrell – brother
Louisa Durrell – mother
Margaret Durrell – sister NERFINISHED
hasSurname Durrell NERFINISHED
influenced popular perception of Corfu
knownFor association with Greek island of Corfu
eccentric lifestyle on Corfu in the 1930s
language English
migrationFrom England NERFINISHED
migrationTo Corfu, Greece NERFINISHED
notableFor inspiring conservation interest through Gerald Durrell’s works
notableMember Gerald Durrell NERFINISHED
Lawrence Durrell NERFINISHED
Leslie Durrell NERFINISHED
Louisa Durrell NERFINISHED
Margaret Durrell NERFINISHED
primarySettingOfDepictions Corfu, Greece GENERATED
residence Corfu NERFINISHED
residencePeriod 1930s
timePeriod 20th century

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Durrell hasNotableFamily Durrell family
The Durrells in Corfu portrays Durrell family