Jane Bowles
Sign in to saveAlso known as Jane Auer, Jane Sydney Auer, Jane Auer Bowles
American novelist, playwright (1917–1973)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 22 Feb 1917
- Died
- 4 Mar 1973
- Works
- 20
Top works
- שתי גברות רציניות
- Plain Pleasures
- My Sister's Hand in Mine
- Two Serious Ladies / Plain Pleasures
- A Docketful of Wry...the Freshman Expresses Himself
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1917-02-22
- Active to
- 1973-05-04
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 49
Jane Bowles (born Jane Sydney Auer; February 22, 1917 – May 4, 1973) was an American writer and playwright. Born into a Jewish family in New York, Jane Bowles spent her childhood in Woodmere, New York, on Long Island. She developed tuberculous arthritis of the knee as a teenager and her mother took her to Switzerland for treatment, where she attended boarding school. As a teenager she returned to New York, where she gravitated to the intellectual bohemia of Greenwich Village. <a href="https://w
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jane
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Málaga
- Spouse
- Paul Bowles
- Occupation
- playwright
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Movement
- Beat Generation
- Image
- Portrait of Jane Bowles LCCN2004662612.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1917-02-22
- date of death
- 1973-05-04
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Jane Bowles
- P12674
- Alexander Van der Bellen
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