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Bowles (Paul) Papers
mssHM 53279-53314
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Paul Bowles papers
Creator:
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 53279-53314
Physical Description:
2.20 Linear Feet
(1 box and 1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1933-1985
Date (bulk): 1967-1985
Abstract: Papers belonging to Paul Bowles, American author and composer of operas, film and stage scores, ballets, songs and chamber
music.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Paul Bowles papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Lonnie Burr, April 1985.
Paul Bowles (1910-1999) was an American author and composer of operas, film and stage scores, ballets, songs and chamber music.
Bowles studied music with Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson and began to write at the encouragement of Gertrude Stein. Although
born in New York, Bowles spent much of his adult life in his adopted home of Morocco. Many of his novels and short stories
focus on life in Morocco from the perspective of both natives and foreigners. Bowles also worked as a translator, working
on English versions of French, Spanish, Italian and Moroccan originals. He earned numerous grants, awards and fellowships
throughout his lifetime, including an American Book Award nomination. Bowles was married to the playwright Jane Auer Bowles
(1917-1973). He died in November 1999, in Morocco.
The collection contains three manuscripts by Bowles (two short stories and one musical score) as well as a series of letters
between him and his friend and fellow author, Lonnie Burr. The majority of the correspondence is authored by Bowles and includes
several picture postcards from Morocco and other foreign locations. Also included in the collection are two letters Bowles
wrote to the William Morris Agency. Issues addressed within the collection include the political situation in Morocco and
the United States, descriptions of Morocco's Tangier peninsula, discussions of contemporary writers and their work and the
personal lives of both Bowles and Burr.
Processed by library staff in July 1989. Finding aid encoded by Charla M. DelaCuadra in July 2020.
Arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Americans -- Morocco -- Correspondence
Authors -- 20th century
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Morocco -- Politics and Government -- 20th century
United States -- Politics and Government -- 20th century
Morocco -- Fiction
Tangier Peninsula (Morocco) -- Description and travel
Letters (correspondence) -- Morocco
Manuscripts -- Morocco
Musical compositions
Picture postcards -- Morocco
Bowles, Jane, 1917-1973
Burr, Lonnie
William Morris Agency