▁during ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 0 s . ▁ ▁He ▁lived ▁in ▁Paris ▁during ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁where ▁he ▁helped ▁launch ▁the ▁Paris ▁Review , ▁living ▁across ▁the ▁street ▁from ▁the ▁publication ' s ▁office ▁and ▁contrib uting ▁to ▁the ▁earliest ▁issues ▁with ▁text , ▁art ▁and ▁inter views . ▁His ▁short ▁story ▁" Tr ou b ador " ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁issue . ▁His ▁Paris ▁Review ▁inter views ▁included ▁Is ak ▁D ines en ▁ ▁and ▁Robert ▁P enn ▁Warren . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁for ▁Trans at l antic ▁Review , ▁he ▁interview ed ▁G ore ▁Vid al . ▁ ▁Event ually , ▁Walter ▁moved ▁from ▁Paris ▁to ▁Rome ▁at ▁the ▁request ▁of ▁Mar guer ite ▁Ca et ani , ▁Princess ▁di ▁Bass iano , ▁to ▁edit ▁her ▁literary ▁journal ▁Bot te g he ▁O sc ure . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁falling ▁out ▁with ▁the ▁prin cess , ▁he ▁acted ▁in ▁the ▁films ▁of ▁Feder ico ▁F ell ini ▁and ▁translated ▁Italian ▁films ▁into ▁English . ▁ ▁His ▁dinner ▁parties ▁in ▁Rome ▁became ▁much ▁talked ▁about , ▁those ▁that ▁attended ▁included ▁T . ▁S . ▁Eli ot , ▁William ▁Fa ulk ner , ▁Jud y ▁Gar land , ▁Ana ï s ▁Nin , ▁Le ont y ne ▁Price , ▁G ore ▁Vid al ▁and ▁Richard ▁Wright . ▁ ▁Walter ▁returned ▁to ▁Mobile ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁ ▁Death ▁He ▁died ▁on ▁March ▁ 2