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MSS 099, F857, Paul Bowles letters to Nathalie Blondel, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
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The American composer and author Paul Frederic Bowles was born in New York City on December 30, 1910. In 1938, Paul Bowles married the aspiring writer Jane Auer. Inspired by his wife's success and her dedication to writing, Bowles began his own career as an author, eventually surpassing his already successful reputation as a composer. After the 1940s, he produced numerous works of fiction, essays, travel writing, poems, autobiographical pieces, and other works.
British writer Nathalie Blondel edited the journals of writer Mary Butts and is the author of
In these twenty letters to Nathalie Blondel, written between 1987 and 1990, American author Paul Bowles provided recommendations for editorial and publication decisions concerning three of Jane Bowles’s unpublished short stories.
While conducting archival research, Blondel discovered unpublished manuscripts in Jane Bowles’s notebooks. Blondel initiated correspondence in 1987 and then visited Paul Bowles at his residence in Tangier, Morocco, to discuss her discovery. Over this three-year period, Bowles provided both editorial and publishing advice. He helped Blondel navigate the realm of competing scholars and the small press publication of Jane Bowles’s works, supported her access to Jane’s papers, and aided her in understanding Jane’s writing style. Bowles’s editorial decisions included shaping the notebooks into three separate stories, and in his final letter, Bowles thanked Blondel and said he looked forward to reading Jane’s work in
This small collection is an excellent archive of literary correspondence between a major writer and an important scholar, with good editorial, biographical, and literary content.
The letters are arranged chronologically by date.
This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.
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MSS 324 Paul Bowles letters to John Martin
Air mail letter from Tangier, Morocco. Replying to Nathalie Blondel concerning Jane Bowles's fiction
Air mail letter from Tangier, Morocco. Concerning Nathalie Blondel's visit to Tangier
Air mail letter from Tangier, Morocco. Confirming Nathalie Blondel's visit to Tangier
Air mail letter from Tangier, Morocco. Sending street address to Nathalie Blondel
Air mail letter from Tangier, Morocco, to Humanities Research Centre, University of Texas. Regarding permission for Nathalie Blondel to have photographic copies of any Jane Bowles material.
Air mail letter from Tangier, Morocco . Regarding the publication of Jane Bowles's unpublished stories.
From Tangier, Morocco . Regarding the publication of Jane Bowles's unpublished stories.
From Tangier, Morocco . Suggesting correspondence with Millicent Dillon in regard to Jane Bowles's work.
From Tangier, Morocco . Update regarding the publication of Jane Bowles's unpublished stories.
Suggesting correspondence with Wendy Lesser of the
Nathalie Blondel's draft of a letter to Paul Bowles.
From Tangier, Morocco . Thanking Blondel for sending a draft of the first chapter of Jane's novel. Bowles discussed missing sentences and corrects some words.
From Tangier, Morocco . Promising Blondel he will read and comment on a Jane Bowles manuscript that Blondel sent in the mail. Suggesting the writers Colette, Kafka, and Louise de Vilmorin, whom Jane consistently read as influences on her work.
From Tangier, Morocco . Regarding delayed correspondence due to surgery.
Air mail letter from Tangier, Morocco. Regarding delayed correspondence due to PBS documentarians
Air mail letter from Tangier, Morocco. Regarding editorial decisions on an unpublished manuscript of Jane Bowles.
Air mail letter from Tangier, Morocco. Informing Blondel of Virago Press's intentions to include three unpublished Jane Bowles works,
Air mail letter from Tangier, Morocco. Approving Blondel's decision to publish material from Jane Bowles's notebooks in the
Air mail letter from Tangier, Morocco. Suggesting scholars and writers, who have previously written on Jane Bowles, as potential contributors to an issue of the
Air mail letter from Tangier, Morocco. Thanking Blondel for discovering three stories in Jane's notebooks, scheduled to be published in