TWA Poet: Paul Bowles

1910 - 1999

It's the birthday of novelist, composer, and poet Paul Bowles, born in New York City, New York (1910). Bowles studied briefly at the University of Virginia, choosing the school because Poe had gone there, but he left to study music in Paris. He became a composer, music critic, and poet, writing musical scores for more than 30 plays, many of them on Broa…