Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Born December 30, 1910, Jamaica Queens, New York to Rena and Claude Bowles. Composer, Author. Iconoclast of the Tangerinos- American and European expatriates centered in Tangiers, Morocco, Bowles was also a part of Gertrude Stein's ex-patriate circle in France. Though gay he married bisexual author Jane Bowles. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. Bowles thought of himself primarily as a composer, consequently he rarely discussed his literary works. His novels and specially short stories are of underestimated value even today. One of his critics says 'Bowles is famous only among the famous.' Novels: The Sheltering Sky Up Above the World Let It Come Down The Spider's House And a great number of excellent short stories. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.