Malcolm Lowry
Malcolm Lowry was a British novelist and poet, born near Liverpool into a wealthy family.
Chafing against societal expectations from an early age, he became a wanderer whose turbulent, nomadic lifestyle deeply informed his writing.
His themes of exile, despair, and self-destruction were drawn largely from personal experience, including his own severe alcoholism.
His masterpiece, Under the Volcano, is widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
Lowry died in 1957 in Sussex under circumstances described as misadventure, with causes including barbiturate poisoning and excessive alcohol consumption.
Some have speculated his death was suicide or even murder.
