Paul Auster

Writer

Paul Auster

Born February 3, 1947 in Newark, New Jersey, USADied April 30, 202410 films

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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Smoke posterFirst watchSmoke19957.2Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't…View film

Essential films

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Blue in the Face poster6.5Blue in the Face1995The Center of the World poster5.2The Center of the World2001Lulu on the Bridge poster5.9Lulu on the Bridge1998

Filmography

10 films
  1. TBALe carnet rougeOriginal Film Writer
  2. 2020In the Country of Last ThingsNovel
  3. 2015It Was MineAuthor
  4. 2009Act of GodWriter
  5. 2007The Inner Life of Martin FrostWriter
  6. 2001The Center of the WorldStory
  7. 1998Lulu on the BridgeWriter
  8. 1995Blue in the FaceWriter
  9. 1995SmokeWriter
  10. 1993The Music of ChanceNovel