Malcolm Lowry

Clarence Malcolm Lowry was born in New Brighton, England on July 28, 1909. His parents were Arthur Lowry, a wealthy Liverpool businessman, and his wife Evelyn. Lowry was educated at Cambridge, and worked briefly as a merchant seaman. He was married twice. His first novel, 'Ultramarine', published in England, was heavily influenced by the poet Conrad Aiken. His breakthough novel was _Under The Volcano (1984)_ , an account of the last day of an alcoholic British ex-Consul to Mexico. Lowry died in England in 1957 after a drinking binge with wife Margerie.