BIB_ID
381585
Accession number
MA 5659.16
Creator
Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.
Display Date
[1946] Aug. 26.
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 26.5 cm
Notes
On printed stationery with "Southampton / Long Island" at the top of the page.
Part of a collection of letters to José Rodríguez Feo, a Cuban who edited the magazine Orígenes in the 1940s and 50s. Letters in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 5659 for more information.
Signed "Paul F.B."
Written before Bowles moved to Tangier in 1947; probably written in 1946 based on his reference to shows that have closed recently (Antigone, Around the World, and Billion Dollar Baby).
Written to "My dear Pepe."
Part of a collection of letters to José Rodríguez Feo, a Cuban who edited the magazine Orígenes in the 1940s and 50s. Letters in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 5659 for more information.
Signed "Paul F.B."
Written before Bowles moved to Tangier in 1947; probably written in 1946 based on his reference to shows that have closed recently (Antigone, Around the World, and Billion Dollar Baby).
Written to "My dear Pepe."
Provenance
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
Reporting that his health "improved immediately upon my leaving New York. I was completely fatigued, and needed a little country air and sunshine to set me straight"; mentioning that he gave up his job on the Herald Tribune "in order to be free to work as and when [he] like[d]"; wondering if Rodríguez Feo can visit him in Southampton since he doesn't plan to be in New York in September; describing the perfumes he asked Rodríguez Feo to bring with him; discussing the books of [Ramón José] Sender; remarking that he knows nothing about why the League of Composers wanted Rodríguez Feo's address; asking about what sort of plays Rodríguez Feo would like to see when he is in New York.
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