Paul Bowles (b. Dec. 30, 1910 - d. 1999) was originally much better known for his compositions than as an author. During his early life in New York he studied music with Aaron Copland and wrote for Broadway and other theatrical productions.
In 1947 he relocated to Morocco and lived in Tangiers as an expat till his death. His 1949 novel, The Sheltering Sky, remains his best-known work, helped somewhat by Bertolucci’s adaptation of the novel - which b.t.w. Bowles detested…
“How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, some afternoon that’s so deeply a part of your being that you can’t even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four or five times more. Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless.” ― Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky
Photo: Carl Van Vechten, Sep. 9, 1958 (The Beinecke)
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