Paul Bowles
Writing
Born: 1910-12-30 · Queens, New York, USA
Died: 1999-11-18
Biography
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 w
🎬 Movies (18)
Five Eyes
2025
Kitty
2016
Short Story
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
2013
Self
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles
1999
Self (archive footage)
My Sweet Little Ass
1998
Paul Bowles: Half Moon
1995
Narrator
Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider
1994
Self
An American in Tangier
1993
Self
The Sheltering Sky
1990
Narrator (voice)
Rolling Stones - in Morocco
1989
You Are Not I
1981
Short Story
Paul Bowles in Morocco
1970
Himself
The Glass Menagerie
1966
Original Music Composer
8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
1957
Senso
1954
Dialogue
Dreams That Money Can Buy
1947
Original Music Composer
145 W. 21
1936
Venus and Adonis
1935
Music
