Malcolm Lowry

Clarence Malcolm Lowry (/ˈlaʊri/; 28 July 1909 – 26 June 1957) was a British writer. He is most famous for his 1947 novel Under the Volcano about an alcoholic Consul in Mexico. Lowry was himself an alcoholic and a lot of his writings were about the effect alcohol had on his life and on the lives of his characters.

Malcolm Lowry Media

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  The White Cottage, Ripe, East Sussex, his last home

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  His gravestone in the churchyard of St John the Baptist's Church, Ripe, East Sussex

References

• Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry. Penguin edition 2000 (Introduction by Michael Schmidt)