Paul Auster
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Paul Auster was an American writer who worked across multiple forms including novels, poetry, essays, and screenplays during his long career from the 1970s until his death in 2024. He is widely regarded as an important contemporary literary figure whose innovative storytelling and exploration of identity and meaning made him influential in late 20th and early 21st-century American literature.
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- Born
- 3 February 1947
- Died
- 30 April 2024
- Works
- 387
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- I Thought My Father Was God
- Poems, Short Fiction, and Criticism of Samuel Beckett
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- מסעות בחדר הכתיבה
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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), The Book of Illusions (2002), The Brooklyn Follies (2005), Invisible (2009), Sunset Park (2010), Winter Journal (2012), and 4 3 2 1 (2017). His books have been translated into more than 40 languages.
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