Paul Auster
February 3, 1947 –April 30, 2024
Screenwriter, Film director, Linguist, Translator, Novelist, Poet
Lived 77 years
- Born in
- Newark
- Passed away in
- New York City
Paul Benjamin Auster (February 3, 1947 – April 30, 2024) was an American writer, novelist, memoirist, poet, and filmmaker. His notable works include The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chance (1990), True Tales of American Life (2001), The Book of Illusions (2002), The Brooklyn Follies (2005), Invisible (2009), Sunset Park (2010), Winter Journal (2012), 4 3 2 1 (2017), and Bloodbath Nation (2023). His books have been translated into more than 40 languages.
Notable works: The Invention of Solitude, The New York Trilogy, In the Country of Last Things, The Music of Chance, True Tales of American Life, The Book of Illusions, Winter Journal, 4 3 2 1 Awards: Princess of Asturias Literary Prize, Prix Médicis étranger, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, Honorary doctor of the University of Liège, honorary doctorate of the University of Copenhagen, Lucien Barrière Literary Award Education: Columbia University, Columbia High School
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Auster