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Paul Auster is an American novelist, essayist, poet, screenwriter, and film director. He has written over 20 novels, including The New York Trilogy, Moon Palace, The Music of Chance, The Book of Illusions, and The Brooklyn Follies. He has also written several non-fiction works, including The Invention of Solitude, Hand to Mouth, and Winter Journal.
Auster was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in South Orange. He attended Columbia University, where he earned a B.A. in English in 1969. He then moved to Paris, where he worked as a translator and freelance journalist.
Auster's first novel, City of Glass, was published in 1985 and was the first book in The New York Trilogy. The trilogy was followed by Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chance (1990), and The Book of Illusions (2002).
Auster has also written several non-fiction works, including The Invention of Solitude (1982), Hand to Mouth (1997), and Winter Journal (2012). He has also written several screenplays, including Smoke (1995) and Blue in the Face (1995).
Auster has received numerous awards and honors, including the Prix Medicis Etranger for The New York Trilogy, the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature, and the Premio Mondello for The Brooklyn Follies.
As of 2021, Paul Auster's net worth is estimated to be $10 million.
| Popular As |
Paul Benjamin Auster |
| Occupation |
writer,director,producer |
| Age |
76 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
| Born |
3 February 1947 |
| Birthday |
3 February |
| Birthplace |
Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Paul Auster Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Paul Auster's Wife?
His wife is Lydia Davis (m. 1974-1977)
Siri Hustvedt (m. 1981)
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| Wife |
Lydia Davis (m. 1974-1977)
Siri Hustvedt (m. 1981) |
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| Children |
2, including Sophie Auster |
Paul Auster Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Paul Auster worth at the age of 76 years old? Paul Auster’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from United States. We have estimated
Paul Auster's net worth
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Writer |
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A major portion of Auster's 2013 memoir, "Report From the Interior", includes detailed, scene-by-scene summaries of two films he believes deliver "blows to the head": _The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)_ qv) and _I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)_.
Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 55th annual San Sebastian International Film Festival in 2007.
In "Moon Palace" there's a conversation about the first moon landing and if it really happened or if it was just a hoax created in a Hollywood studio. The idea of a fake moon landing is the central motif of the movie Les mercredis de l'histoire: Opération lune (2002).
Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 50th Cannes International Film Festival in 1997.
Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 53rd Venice International Film Festival in 1996.
After returning to the US in 1974, Auster has written poems, essays, novels, screenplays and translations.
In 1973 he moved with Davis to Provence where they became caretakers of a farmhouse.
In February 1971 Auster left once again for Paris. He supported himself there with a variety of odd jobs and minor literary tasks. He also worked on several film projects, one of them being in Mexico.
Columbia College: M.A., Comparative Literature [1970]
In June of 1969 Auster was granted a B. A. in English and comparative literature. The following year he received his M. A. from Columbia. A high lottery number saved Auster from having to worry about the Vietnam draft and he took a job with the Census Bureau. During this period he also began work on the novels "In the Country of Last Things" and "Moon Palace", which he would not complete until many years later.
In 1967 Auster again left the US to attend Columbia's Junior Year Abroad in Paris. Auster became disillusioned with the dull existence within the programme and quit college. But he was still reinstated at Columbia when he returned to New York. Auster's undergraduate years at Columbia coincided with a period of social unrest but he didn't participate actively in student politics. He supported himself with a variety of freelance jobs and wrote articles for university magazines.
In early 1966 he began his relationship with Lydia Davis. Davis, who is now also a writer, was at that time attending Barnard College and was a good match for Auster's intellect.
Paul Auster was born in Newark, New Jersey on February 3rd 1947. His father was a landlord, who owned buildings with his brothers in Jersey City. The family was middle-class and the parents' marriage was not a happy one. Auster grew up in the Newark suburbs of South Orange and Maplewood. He read books enthusiastically and developed an interest for writing. Auster attended high school in Maplewood, some twenty miles southwest of New York City. After his parents' divorce, during his senior year in high school, his mother moved, with his sister and him, to an apartment in the Weequahic section of Newark. Instead of attending his high-school graduation, Auster headed for Europe. He visited Italy, Spain, Paris and naturally James Joyce's Dublin. While he travelled he worked on a novel. He returned to the United States in time to start at Columbia University in the fall.
