Bowles, Paul ___ 1910-1999 ___ American ___ writer

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Bowles was born in New York City, and began writing short stories and composing music as a child. He started to study at the University of Virginia but did not stay long, preferring to travel to Paris where he met Gertrude Stein. He did try to study again at the University of Virginia in 1930, but before long had returned to Europe, first to Berlin to study music with Aaron Copland and then to Paris again. In 1938, he married Jane Auer, another writer, and together they moved to Tangier. They did, however, travel often around North Africa, and to Europe and the Americas. In the 1940s, in the US, Bowles became a well-known composer writing music for plays (such as 'South Pacific') and ballets (such as 'Yankee Clipper'). He also wrote a large variety of travel books, worked as a music critic for the 'New York Herald-Tribune', and prepared translations from French and Spanish. Around 1945, he started writing fiction, and his first novel, 'The Sheltering Sky' was a best-seller, and remains a classic today. In 1947, the couple went to live more permanently in Tangier. In the 1950s, Bowles began translating Moroccan literature into English. In 1970, he founded the literary magazine 'Antaeus' with Daniel Halpern. After the death of his wife in Spain in 1973, Bowles spent the rest of his life in Morocco. Between 1987 and 1989, he kept a journal to record the daily events of his life.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio
The Diary Review - The Sheltering Sky

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1987-1989 ___ social health people self creativity Morocco

WEB TEXT LINKS
a bit about
 

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
University of Delaware Library - possibly

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Days: Tangier Journal
 

May 2006, September 2008, March 2013
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