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Paul Bowles (1910–1999)

Writer | Composer | Actor

Composer and author, educated at the University of Virginia, he studied with Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson, and received Guggenheim and Rockefeller grants. Paul Bowles joined ASCAP in 1945, and he researched folk music in Spain, North Africa, the Antilles, and South and Central America. He lived 52 years in Tangier... See full bio »

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in Queens, New York, USA

Died:

(age 88) in Tangier, Morocco
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2001 Café de la plage (translation)
 
2001 Baptism of Solitude: A Tribute to Paul Bowles (short)
 
1995 Paul Bowles - Halbmond (novels "The Story of Lahsen and Idir", "Call at Corazon" and "Allal")
 
1994 Drug-Taking and the Arts (documentary) (novel "Let It Come Down")
 
1990 The Sheltering Sky (book)
 
1981 You Are Not I (short story)
 
1967 Boy Meets Girl (TV series)
– Love with a Few Hairs (1967) (translator)
 
1961 Play of the Week (TV series)
– No Exit/The Indifferent Lover (1961)
 
1954 Senso (dialogue collaborator)
 
Show ShowComposer (7 titles)
1998 Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (documentary)
 
1994 Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider (documentary)
 
1993 Un Américain à Tanger (documentary short)
 
1966 CBS Playhouse: The Glass Menagerie (TV movie)
 
1949 Roots in the Soil
 
1947 Dreams That Money Can Buy (segments "Desire" and "Ballet")
 
1945 Congo (short)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1994 Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider (documentary) (writer: "Danse", "Six Preludes", "Letter to Freddy", "The Wind Remains", "A Little Closer Please", "Music for a Farce")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1987 The Glass Menagerie (composer: theme music)
 
Show ShowSelf (10 titles)
2012 Paul Bowles: The Cage Door is Always Open (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Sleep in a Nest of Flames (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Tanger - Legende einer Stadt (documentary)
Interviewer
 
1998 Mon beau petit cul (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Fantômes de Tanger
Himself
 
1994 Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider (documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
1994 Drug-Taking and the Arts (documentary)
Himself (novelist)
 
1993 Un Américain à Tanger (documentary short)
Himself
 
1970 Paul Bowles in Morocco (documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2007 Chris & Don. A Love Story (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1936). Stage Play: Horse Eats Hat. See more »

Publicity Listings:

3 Biographical Movies  | 1 Print Biography  | 1 Article  | See more »

Official Sites:

The Authorized Paul Bowles Web Site | See more »
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Trivia:

Cousin to set designer/art director/producer Oliver Smith. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn