Jane Bowles
Jane Auer Bowles (born February 22, 1917 in New York - † May 4, 1973 in Málaga , Spain ), born Jane Stajer Auer, was an American writer and playwright .
life and work
Jane Bowles' work is not extensive: her novel Two Very Serious Ladies was published in 1943, the play In the Summerhouse in 1956 ; some stories also appeared. The manuscript of her first novel Le Phaéton Hypocrite from 1936 is considered lost.
In 1938 she married the author and composer Paul Bowles (1910–1999). The couple toured South America and Europe and lived in Tangier since 1948 . While Paul Bowles rose to become a leading existentialist through his novel Heaven over the Desert , severe writer's block and increasing alcohol and drug problems hampered their productivity. At the age of 39 (1957) she suffered a stroke from which she never fully recovered. Paul Bowles finally placed her in a mental hospital in Málaga in 1967, where she died blind and paralyzed in 1973.
Jane Bowles was extravagant, neurotic, plagued by doubts and guilt, a victim of irrational fears and phobias about elevators, trains, or animals. She limped much of her life from a stiff knee after falling from a horse. In moments of biting self-irony, she laughed at herself as "Crippie the Kike Dyke", the crippled Jewish lesbian. Tennessee Williams said of her: "I consider Jane Bowles to be the greatest English writer of our century, and Harold Pinter agrees with me."
Works
- 1943: Two Serious Ladies (novel).
- Two very serious ladies , German from Adelheid Dormagen. Munich: Hanser 1984. ISBN 3-446-13797-1 .
- Two serious ladies , German from Brigitte Walitzek. Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-89561-336-4 .
- 1953: In the Summer House (play).
- In the garden house .
- 1966: Plain Pleasures. (Stories).
- Simple joys. German by Adelheid Dormagen. Munich: Hanser 1985. ISBN 3-446-13982-6 .
- Simple joys , German by Brigitte Walitzek. Schöffling, frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-89561-337-1 .
- 1976: Feminine Wiles (introduction by Tennessee Williams - contains stories and sketches: Andrew , Emmy Moore's Journal , Going to Massachusetts , Curls and a Quiet Country Place , At the Jumping Bean - a play).
- 1985: Out in the World: Selected Letters of Jane Bowles, 1935-1970 (ed. By Millicent Dillon).
- GoNza magilla: a life in letters , German from Pociao , Bonn: Sans Soleil 1997. ISBN 3-88030-030-5 .
Adaptations
- radio play
- Our way of life makes it very nice to be invited to a party well in advance. Editing: Katharina Franck , director: Ulrike Haage , participants: Judith Engel , Katharina Frank, Tatja Seibt , 38 min. Bayerischer Rundfunk 1999 ( radio play of the month ). Publisher: Sans Soleil, ISBN 3-88030-036-4 .
- Mrs. Copperfield from Two Very Serious Ladies. Editing / Direction: Heike Tauch , Contributors: Sunnyi Melles , Wolfgang Michael , Corinna Kirchhoff , Ingo Hülsmann , Birgit Minichmayr , Georgette Dee , Martin Engler u. a., 41 min. DeutschlandRadio Kultur 2005.
literature
- Millicent Dillon: Jane Bowles. Lauter kleine Sünden (1980), German from Pociao, Hamburg: Kellner 1993. ISBN 3-927623-28-8
- Jens Rosteck : Jane and Paul Bowles. Life without stopping . Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-31079-2 .
- Elke Schmitter : Jane Bowles: Visits from Mars . In: passions. 99 women authors of world literature . Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-570-01048-8 , pp. 71-75 .
Web links
- Millicent Dillon, "Jane Bowles: A Brief Biography" on the Paul Bowles official website
- Literature by and about Jane Bowles in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Tennessee Williams: Memoiren (1972), German 1977, Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, p. 216.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bowles, Jane |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Auer, Jane; Auer Bowles, Jane; Auer, Jane Stajer (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4th 1973 |
| Place of death | Málaga , Spain |