
Paul Bowles
Paul Frederic Bowles was an American composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his life.
Background
- Born in
- Queens
- Educated at
- University of VirginiaJamaica High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship
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Trending topics shown first"Paul Bowles, The Art of Fiction No. 67" interview by Jeffrey Bailey, in The Paris Review"
"For in order to avoid having to deal with relative values, he had long since come to deny all purpose to the phenomenon of existence — it was more expedient and comforting."
"Many days later another caravan was passing and a man saw something on top of the highest dune there. And when they went up to see, they found Outka, Mimouna and Aicha; they were still there, lying th…"
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Timeline
1910
Born
Birth1999
Died
Death
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