- His name would be used by Christopher Isherwood for his character Sally "Bowles".
- Cousin to set designer/art director/producer Oliver Smith.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 57-59. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- His parents died in June 1966, passing away 22 days apart from each other.
- His novel "The Sheltering Sky" is considered one of the 100 best novels of the 20th Century.
- His marriage to the multiphobic Jane Sydney Auer was platonic. They both had multiple same sex partners outside the marriage.
- Father Claude Bowles, a dentist, married his mother Rene Winnewisser on 15 October 1909.
- Father figure to authors Truman Capote, Allen Ginsburg and William S. Burroughs.
- Grow up at 150-10 86th Avenue in Jamica, Queens, New York.
- Spent one year at the University of Virginia before dropping out.
- Graduated from Jamaica High School in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
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