Paul Auster, ‘The New York Trilogy’ Writer, Dies at 77
variety.comSelena Kuznikov Paul Auster, the acclaimed novelist who also wrote and directed films, died at his home in New York City on April 30.
He was 77. Auster’s novels centered around questions of identity, language and personal meaning. His wife, writer Siri Hustvedt, told the New York Times he died of lung cancer.
His works include the series “The New York Trilogy” (1987), comprised of “City of Glass” (1985), “Ghosts” (1986) and “The Locked Room” (1986).
The trilogy explored various philosophical themes through a postmodern lens of detective and mystery fiction. Auster also penned the screenplays for “Smoke” (1995), “Blue in the Face” (1995), “Lulu on the Bridge” (1998) and “The Inner Life of Martin Frost” (2007), directing the latter two and co-directing “Blue in the Face” with Wayne Wang.
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