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Also known as Paul Benjamin, Paul Queen, Paul Benjamin Auster

American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)

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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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Country
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Active from
1947-02-03
Active to
2024-04-30

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Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American author and director whose writing blends absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction, and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chance (1990), The Book of Illusions (2002), and The Brooklyn Follies (2005). Auster was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Jewish middle class parents of Polish descent, Queenie (née Bogat) and Samuel Auster. <a href="https://www.l

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  • The story is not in the words; it's in the struggle.
  • Men don't begin to live fully until their backs are against the wall.
  • That's what makes his story so impossible, David. Because he's told me the truth. (Alma to David on Hector)
  • If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it fall, does it make a sound or not? Hector had read a lot of books by then, he knew all the tricks and arguments of the philosophers. If someone makes a movie and no one sees it, does the movie exist or not?
  • I didn't say I was afraid of dying, I answered, I said that I was afraid to get on a plane. There is a difference. (David to Dr. Singh)
  • [G]overnments always need enemies, even when they're not at war. If you don't have a real enemy, you make one up and spread the word. It scares the population, and when the people are scared, they tend not to step out of line.

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Paul Auster | Author of 4 3 2 1

4 3 2 1 is Paul Auster’s greatest, most heartbreaking and satisfying novel—a sweeping and surprising story of birthright and possibility, of love and of life itself., 4 3 2 1 is Paul Auster’s greatest, most heartbreaking and satisfying novel—a sweeping and surprising story of birthright and possibility, of love and of life itself: a masterpiece., 4 3 2 1 is Paul Auster’s greatest, most heartbreaking and satisfying novel—a sweeping and surprising story of birthright and possibility, of love and of life itself: a masterpiece., 4 3 2 1 is Paul Auster’s greatest, most heartbreaking and satisfying novel—a sweeping and surprising story of birthright and possibility, of love and of life itself: a masterpiece.

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Number of children
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Paul Auster
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date of birth
1947-02-03
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Paul Auster
start of work period
1974-00-00
date of death
2024-04-30
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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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