He later completed his high school diploma, studied medicine at UCLA and then settled in Europe. Some time into the war, Fouts, who was a conscientious objector, was drafted for the Civilian Public Service Camp. This period is described in Isherwood's Down There on a Visit, where Fouts is represented as the character Paul. Isherwood, nonetheless, had Fouts move in with him in the summer of 1941 to "lead a life of meditation". Isherwood's guru, Swami Prabhavananda, refused to accept Fouts as a disciple despite his interest in Vedanta. He met Isherwood in Hollywood in August 1940. There were rumours about his past and tales of erratic, dangerous behavior." ĭuring World War II, Watson sent Fouts to the US for his safety. Michael Shelden remarked that Fouts' "'Deep South' charm masked a volatile, sometimes nasty temper. Fouts' occasionally outrageous behavior made some uncomfortable. In 1938, Fouts introduced Brion Gysin to Paul and Jane Bowles, later shocking them by "shooting flaming arrows from his hotel window onto the busy Champs Élysées below", having spent some time in Tibet, learning archery. Fouts was at one time the boyfriend of artist Peter Watson, however, they separated because of Fouts' opium addiction. Isherwood described him as a mythic figure, "the most expensive male prostitute in the world" and Capote considered him the "Best-Kept Boy in the World". His friends, who called him Denny, included Christopher Isherwood, Brion Gysin, Glenway Wescott, Truman Capote, George Platt Lynes, Jane and Paul Bowles, Jean and Cyril Connolly, and Michael Wishart. He was taken up by a series of wealthy male and female patrons. Fouts left for Manhattan, working for a time as a stock boy and attracting a good deal of attention for his looks, which were described as "thin as a hieroglyph, he had dark hair, light brown eyes, and a cleft chin." Writer Glenway Wescott considered him "absolutely enchanting and ridiculously good-looking." Later he was sent north by his father to Washington, D.C., having asked a relative, who was the president of Safeway Inc., to give him a job. In his teens, Fouts worked as a clerk at an ice-cream company in Jacksonville. In 1926, 12-year-old Fouts submitted a letter to Time magazine, protesting the abuse of animals in the making of movies. He had two siblings, Ellen (born 1916) and Frederic (1918–1994). He was allegedly a lover of Prince Paul of Greece and French actor Jean Marais.įrom Jacksonville, Florida, he was born Louis Denham Fouts, a son of Yale graduate Edwin Fouts, who was the president of a broom factory, and his wife, the former Mary E. He served as the inspiration for characters by Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, Christopher Isherwood, and Gavin Lambert. His CO nominated him for the gold medal for valor/chrysoun aristeion andreias.Male prostitute, socialite, literary museĭenham "Denny" Fouts (– Decem) was an American male prostitute, socialite, and literary muse. He literally stoped a whole turkish battalion supported by a tank platoon alone. When all ammo was gone he pulled back and the other day managed to rejoin his outfit. He also depleted about 1000 rounds from an abandoned. He kept engaging the tanks & he destroyed the last one at the astonishing range of 750m/765 yards!!! The last 2 rounds he fired at a building where the infantry had taken cover and set it on fire. He knocks out the first tank at a range of 300 metres/328 yards and the second at 270m/295 yards. He spoted 6 Turkish Μ -48Α 2 approaching slowly but steadily. Bikakis on the other hand, although left alone, returned to his post & engaged the Turks. In fact, Bikhanakis believed his friend dead, he left his post & returned to his outfit, where he reported Bikakis as MIA. The constant bombardment of mortar shelling (4.2" mortars) by the Turks was so defeaning, the bursts of shellfire all around them was so intense, that the two friends were lost. Bikakis' only weapon was a M-67 90mm Recoiless Rifle with 8 rounds. During the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, in July 1974, Cretan Commando Georgios Bikakis with his fellow countryman & pair Bikhanakis (in the field, the special forces detachments or teams, break down into pairs of specialists in weapons), were ordered to defend the area nearest to a hill called Anonymous against an overwhelming Turkish force in the outskirts of Nicosia.
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