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Paul Bowles was born on December 30, 1910 in Queens, New York, United States. Paul Bowles was a writer, composer and translator. Death is recorded on November 18, 1999, at the age of 88. Schooling on record includes Jamaica High School and University of Virginia. Recorded honors include Guggenheim Fellowship (1941).
My Take
Paul Bowles is one of those rare figures who refused to pick a lane. Composer, novelist, translator, photographer, music critic, he did all of it, and a 1941 Guggenheim Fellowship suggests the establishment took the music seriously before the books. But what fascinates me most is the leap: a New Yorker from Queens who settled in Tangier in 1947 and stayed 52 years. That kind of permanent self-exile says something about an artist who needed distance from his own culture to see it clearly. The Sheltering Sky still reads like a man writing from the edge of the known world, which, geographically and artistically, he was.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Paul Bowles
- Name (Japanese)
- ポール・ボウルズ
- Reading
- ぽーる・ぼうるず
- Born
- December 30, 1910 – November 18, 1999
- Origin
- Queens, New York, United States
- Occupation
- writer / composer / translator / music critic / photographer
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Dog
2. Background
- High school
- Jamaica High School
- University
- University of Virginia
Awards & achievements
- 1941 Guggenheim Fellowship
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.paulbowles.org/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Bowles
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358342
4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Paul Bowles born?
Born December 30, 1910.
When did Paul Bowles die?
Died November 18, 1999, aged 88.
Where was Paul Bowles from?
Paul Bowles was from Queens, New York, United States.
What did Paul Bowles do?
Paul Bowles worked as writer, composer, translator, music critic, photographer.
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