mss0099_0882.xml Finding aid for Paul Bowles letter to Michael Fordycecirca 1950-1959 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2011 September 19) Finding aid encoded 2011 September 19 English Paul Bowles letter to Michael Fordycecirca 1950-1959 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999. Paul Bowles letter to Michael Fordycecirca 1950-1959 MSS 099, F882 1 item (1 p.) In this handwritten letter, Paul Bowles wrote Michael Fordyce to inform him that Brion Gysin's apartment in Tangier was available for rent. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Originally laid in a copy of Paul Bowles's Without Stopping.

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MSS 099, F882, Paul Bowles letter to Michael Fordyce, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary Box 61, F882: Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 manuscript boxes Processing

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 Biographical Note Paul Bowles

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.

Michael Fordyce was a friend of Bowles in Morocco. Fordyce is mentioned in a March 23, 1956, letter written by Paul Bowles to Rena Bowles, which was published in In Touch: the Letters of Paul Bowles.

Miller, Jeffrey. Paul Bowles: A Descriptive Bibliography. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Black Sparrow Press, 1986.Sawyer-Laucanno, Christopher. An Invisible Spectator: A Biography of Paul Bowles. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989.

 Scope and Content Note

In this handwritten letter, Paul Bowles wrote Michael Fordyce to inform him that Brion Gysin's apartment in Tangier was available for rent.

Bowles wrote that Gysin was leaving for London tomorrow, enclosed Gysin's telephone number, and suggested that Michael call Gysin that night.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999--Correspondence. Fordyce, Michael--Correspondence.Gysin, Brion--Correspondence. Topical Terms Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence. Form/Genre Terms Correspondence. Personal Contributors Fordyce, Michael, correspondent. Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

MSS 163 Paul Bowles papers

MSS 164 Paul Bowles collection

MSS 165 Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno papers related to Paul Bowles

 Detailed Contents List 61 F882 Autograph letter signedcirca 1950-1959 1 item (1 p.)