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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 …

Full Name	Paul Auster
Net Worth	$20 Million
Date Of Birth	February 3, 1947
Place Of Birth	Newark, New Jersey, United States
Profession	Writer, Director, Actor
Education	Harvard University, Columbia University
Nationality	American
Spouse	Siri Hustvedt
Children	Sophie Auster, Daniel Auster
Parents	Queenie Bogat Auster, Samuel Auster
Siblings	Janet Auster
Facebook	http://www.facebook.com/auster.paul
IMDB	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000808
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	The Music of Chance, Smoke, Blue in the Face, Lulu on the Bridge, The Center of the World, The Inner Life of Martin Frost, Act of God, It Was Mine, In the Country of Last Things, Timbuktu

Quote
1	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.

Fact
1	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)_.
2	Father, with Lydia Davis, of Daniel Auster.
3	Daughter, Sophie Auster, is a popular singer in France.
4	Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1996.
5	Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997
6	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.
7	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).
8	His book “Moon Palace” is read in German schools in the last year of study as preparation for the English ‘Abitur’ examination.
9	(1971-1974) Lived in France working odd jobs and writing poetry
10	Columbia College: M.A., Comparative Literature [1970]

Writer

Title	Year	Status
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
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
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)	Smoke (1995)