Paul auster bio

Paul Benjamin Auster (February 3, – Ap) was an American writer, novelist, memoirist, poet, and filmmaker. Paul Auster (born February 3, , Newark, New Jersey, U.S.—died Ap, Brooklyn, New York) was an American novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and poet whose complex novels, several of which are mysteries, are often concerned with the search for identity and personal meaning. Early years First steps Professional growth Public recognition Peak period Later years Public interest Professional activity Media attention
Paul Auster, who has died at the age of 77, grew up in New Jersey in the post-war years of the s, where a bookless household laid the foundations for his obsessional focus on human.