Paul Auster

Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American author known for works blending absurdism and crime fiction, such as The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989) and The Brooklyn Follies (2005). Auster was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Jewish middle class parents of Polish descent Samuel and Queenie Auster. He grew up in South Orange, New Jersey and graduated from Columbia High School in adjoining Maplewood. After graduating from ... more

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  • Feb 3, 1947 (age 62 years)

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Awards

Awards Won:

Year Award Winning work Notes/Description
  • 1996
  • 2006
  • for the transformation in literature that he has wrought by blending the best of American and European traditions, for the innovation he has brought to narrative style in the cinema
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Award Nominations:

Year Award Nominated work
  • 2009
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