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Paul Auster

Known for writing · Born 3 February 1947 · Died 30 April 2024 · aged 77 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

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Paul Benjamin Auster was an American author known for works blending 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).

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Known for

Smoke

1995

Blue in the Face

1995

Lulu on the Bridge

1998

The Center of the World

2001

The Inner Life of Martin Frost

2007

Charlotte Rampling: The Look

2011

The Fall

1969

Bonnie

2022

Act of God

2009

Edge of Outside

2006

Siri Hustvedt – Dance Around the Self

2026

As Smart As They Are: The Author Project

As Smart As They Are: The Author Project

2005

Acting (16)

2026Siri Hustvedt – Dance Around the SelfSelfFilm
2022BonnieSelfFilm
2019Paul Auster: What IfSelf - WriterFilm
2017Out of My HeadFilm
2011Charlotte Rampling: The LookSelfFilm
2009Act of GodhimselfFilm
2009Amos Oz: The Nature of DreamsSelfFilm
2008DocHimselfFilm
2007The Inner Life of Martin FrostNarrator (voice)Film
2006Edge of OutsideSelfFilm
2005As Smart As They Are: The Author ProjectHimselfFilm
1993The Music of ChanceFilm
1978The South Bank ShowSeries
1975ApostrophesSelfSeries
1969The FallFilm
—Running Off to the Circus: Paul Auster on FilmHimselfFilm

Crew (1)

1992The AccompanistThanksFilm

Directing (2)

2007The Inner Life of Martin FrostDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
1995Blue in the FaceDirector, WriterFilm

Production (1)

1999I RememberExecutive ProducerFilm

Writing (8)

2020In the Country of Last ThingsNovel, Executive ProducerFilm
2015It Was MineAuthorFilm
2009Act of GodWriterFilm
2001The Center of the WorldStoryFilm
1998Lulu on the BridgeWriter, DirectorFilm
1995SmokeWriterFilm
1993The Music of ChanceNovelFilm
—Le carnet rougeOriginal Film WriterFilm