Monday, November 3, 2008

Eugene Walter: Last of the Bohemians

Join us for a screening of Eugene Walter: Last of the Bohemians, a documentary by Robert Clem, on Wednesday November 12, at 3 p.m. in the Special Collections and Archives department of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

Preview Last of the Bohemians



Eugene Walter

Last of the Bohemians documents the life and career of writer, poet, actor, artist and raconteur Eugene Walter. Born in Mobile in 1921, Walter lived at the hub of 20th-century cultural life, first in New York and later in Paris and Rome. He collaborated with George Plimpton and others in founding the Paris Review, edited Europe's preeminent multilingual literary journal Botteghe Oscure, and worked with film director Federico Fellini as a set and costume designer, translator, actor and songwriter.  His books include the now classic Time Life volume on Southern cuisine, a Lippincott Fiction Prize winning novel, The Untidy Pilgrim, and many other works.