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About Me

Paul Auster was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Jewish middle class parents Samuel and Queenie Auster. He attended school in Maplewood, New Jersey and graduated from Columbia High School. After graduating from Columbia University in 1970, he moved to France where he earned a living translating French literature. Since returning to USA in 1974, he has published his own poems, essays, novels and translations of French writers such as Stéphane Mallarmé and Joseph Joubert.

He married his second wife, writer Siri Hustvedt, in 1981. Previously, Auster was married to the acclaimed writer Lydia Davis. He is the father of Daniel and Sophie.

He is also the Vice-President of PEN American Center.

LINKS:
http://www.paulauster.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Auster

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000808/ (his films)

http://www.bluecricket.com/auster/auster.html (Stillman's Maze)

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My Blog

INTERVIEW: Travels in the Scriptorium

Here is an interview with Paul Auster from Powells.com about Travels in the Scriptorium: Jill: There's a quote from The Book of Illusions that reads: "Everyone had been tantalized by the proximity ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:20:00 GMT

TIMBUKTU: the graphic novel

’Timbuktu’ graphic novel by Paul Auster with Julia Goschke (illustrator).Trade cloth, 32 pages.Penguin Group (USA)Due: 9.28.08
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:57:00 GMT

BROOKLYN FOLLIES DISCUSSED IN SEMINAR

"In our beautiful and comfortable Shorday Room, a lively and friendly group discusses current, prize-winning fiction led by Ed Pettit (http://bibliothecary. squarespace. com)"The Ruth R. Abel Memoria...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:42:00 GMT

New Book: MAN IN THE DARK

According to Wikipedia, "Paul Auster's next novel, 'Man in the Dark', is due to be published by Henry Holt in the US on Monday 1st September 2008." According to the database where I work, it's 192 pag...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:16:00 GMT

Paul Auster décoré par la France à New York

(This is from Yolene. Thank you!)'Paul Auster décoré par la France à New York Paul Auster - AFP Paul Auster a reçu lundi à New York les insignes de commandeur dans l'ordre des Arts et Lettres "De t...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:51:00 GMT

COLLECTED POEMS

Paul Auster's penetrating and charged verse resembles little else in recent American poetry. This collection of Auster's poetry, translations, and composition notes from early in his career do much to...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:23:00 GMT

THE INNER LIFE OF MARTIN FROST

The Inner Life of Martin Frost: A Filmby Paul AusterFrom The New York Trilogy to The Book of Illusions and Travels in the Scriptorium, Paul Auster is one of America's most spectacularly inventive nove...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:15:00 GMT