Paul Auster

Writing

Born: 1947-02-03
Died: 2024-04-30
From: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3

Also Known As

Paul Benjamin Auster

Biography

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).

Awards & Nominations8 won · 1 nominated

Nominated

Booker Prize

4 3 2 1

2017
🏆 Won

Honorary doctor of the University of Liège

2007
🏆 Won

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

2007
🏆 Won

Princess of Asturias Literary Prize

2006
🏆 Won

Lucien Barrière Literary Award

1994
🏆 Won

Prix Médicis étranger

1993
🏆 Won

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

1991
🏆 Won

honorary doctorate of the University of Copenhagen

🏆 Won

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences