Paul Benjamin Auster is an American author and director whose writing blends absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction, and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Trilogy, Moon Palace, The Music of Chance, The Book of Illusions, and The Bro...
Writer, Screenwriter, Poet, Film director, Critic, Editor, Translator
Education
Harvard University, Columbia University
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Siri Hustvedt (m. 1982), Lydia Davis (m. 1974–1979)
Children
Sophie Auster, Daniel Auster
Parents
Queenie Bogat Auster, Samuel Auster
Siblings
Janet Auster
Nicknames
Paul Benjamin Auster , Auster, Paul , Paul Benjamin , Paul Queen
Awards
Princess of Asturias Award for Literature, Prix Médicis étranger, Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay
Nominations
International Dublin Literary Award, PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, Edgar Award for Best Novel, César Award for Best Foreign Film, Shamus Award for Best Original P.I. Paperback, Ictineu Prize for best work of fiction translated into Catalan
Movies
Smoke, Blue in the Face, The Inner Life of Martin Frost
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Quote
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Becoming a writer is not a "career decision" like becoming a doctor or a policeman. You don't choose it so much as get chosen, and once you accept the fact that you're not fit for anything else, you have to be prepared to walk a long, hard road for the rest of your days.
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Fact
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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)_.
Daughter, Sophie Auster, is a popular singer in France.
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Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1996.
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Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997
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His wife, Siri Hustvedt, was born in the US to Norwegian parents, and is a successful author in her own right and mother of Sophie Auster. The couple lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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In "Moon Palace" there's a conversation about the first moon landing and if it really happened or if it was just a hoax, which was filmed in a Hollywood studio. The idea of a fake moon landing is the central motif of the movie Opération lune (2002).
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His book "Moon Palace" is read in German schools in the last year of study as preparation for the English 'Abitur' examination.
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(1971-1974) Lived in France working odd jobs and writing poetry
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Columbia College: M.A., Comparative Literature [1970]
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
In the Country of Last Things
novel announced
It Was Mine
2015
Short writer
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
2007
written by
Le carnet rouge
2004
Short novel
Fluxus
2004
Short original story
The Center of the World
2001
story
Lulu on the Bridge
1998
written by
Blue in the Face
1995
characters - uncredited / situations
Smoke
1995
written by
The Music of Chance
1993
novel
Timbuktu
novel
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
2007
Lulu on the Bridge
1998
Blue in the Face
1995
Smoke
1995
uncredited
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
2007
Narrator (uncredited)
The Music of Chance
1993
Driver
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Inner Life of Martin Frost
2007
producer
I Remember
1999
Short executive producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
2016
TV Movie words suggested by
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Broken Flowers
2005
personal thanks
Hjemkomst
2004
Short thanks
The Accompanist
1992
thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Out of My Head
2017
Documentary completed
Himself
Sqizo
Documentary filming
Himself
Trump on Culture: Brave New World?
2017
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Newsnight
2017
TV Series
Himself
La grande librairie
2009-2016
TV Series
Himself
Le Conversazioni, Close Up
2015
TV Mini-Series documentary
Park Bench with Steve Buscemi
2015
TV Series
Himself
Skavlan
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Via llibre
2012
TV Series
Himself
Ànima
2012
TV Series
Himself
Página 2
2008-2012
TV Series
Himself
Qwerty
2008-2012
TV Series
Himself
Les Carnets de route de François Busnel
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Look
2011/I
Documentary
Himself (segment "Age")
Gomorron
2011
TV Series
Himself
Act of God
2009/I
Documentary
Himself
Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams
2009
Documentary
Himself
Café littéraire
2009
TV Series
Himself
Ce soir (ou jamais!)
2009
TV Series
Himself
L'hora del lector
2008
TV Series
Himself
Èxit
2008
TV Series
Himself
Continuarà...
2008
TV Series
Himself
La tarda
2008
TV Series
Himself
Ceremonia de clausura - 55º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián
2007
TV Movie
Himself
Cinema 3
2007
TV Series
Himself
El blog de Cayetana
2007
TV Series
Himself
Ceremonia de apertura - 55º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián
2007
TV Movie
Himself
Mein Leben
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
Edge of Outside
2006
Documentary
Himself
As Smart As They Are: The Author Project
2005
Documentary
Himself
Charlie Rose
1997-2004
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Bestseller
2002
TV Series
Himself - Author
20 heures le journal
2001
TV Series
Himself - Interviewee
Sabine Christiansen
2001
TV Series
Avisa'ns quan arribi el 2000
1998
TV Series
Himself
Apostrophes
1990
TV Series
Himself
The Fall
1969
Documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
50 anys en companyia
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself
La tele de tu vida
2007
TV Series
Himself
Bestseller
2003
TV Series
Himself - Author
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2006
Prince of Asturias Award
Prince of Asturias Awards
Letters
1996
Bodil
Bodil Awards
Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
Smoke (1995)
1996
Independent Spirit Award
Independent Spirit Awards
Best First Screenplay
Smoke (1995)
1994
Lucien Barrière Literary Award
Deauville Film Festival
For the novel "Mr. Vertigo".
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1998
Un Certain Regard Award
Cannes Film Festival
Best Film
Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
1998
Golden Spike
Valladolid International Film Festival
Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
1996
César
César Awards, France
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Smoke (1995)
1996
Silver Ribbon
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
$20 Million
