
Known for
Writing
Born
December 30, 1910
Birthplace
Queens, New York, USA
Died
November 18, 1999 (aged 88)
Paul Frederic Bowles (December 30, 1910 – November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate 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.
Following a cultured middle-class upbringing in New York City, during which he displayed a talent for music and writing, Bowles pursued his education at the University of Virginia before making several trips to Paris in the 1930s. He studied music with Aaron Copland, and in New York wrote music for theatrical productions, as well as other compositions. He achieved critical and popular success with his first novel The Sheltering Sky (1949), set i...
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2016
Short Story
2013
1999
as Interviewer, Music
1999
as Self (archive footage)
1998
1995
as Narrator, Novel
1994
1993
as Self
1990
as Narrator (voice), Novel
1989
1981
Short Story
1975
1970
as Himself
1967
1966
Original Music Composer
1966
1957
1954
Dialogue
1947
Original Music Composer
1943
Additional Music
1936
1935
Music