The writer died on Tuesday in New York at the age of 77 after a battle with lung cancer. His death comes a few months after publishing Baumgartner, the novel in which he reviews five decades of writing and which constitutes his literary testament
The novelist and film director Paul Auster at his home in Brooklyn, New York.Timothy Fadek (Corbis via Getty Images)Paul Auster on January 8, 1988 outside his house in Brooklyn, New York. Ulf Andersen (Getty Images)Paul Auster during a promotional photo session in Venice, Italy on September 2, 1996. Leonardo Cendamo (Leonardo Cendamo)
Paul Auster in Brooklyn.Timothy Fadek (Corbis via Getty Images)Paul Auster celebrating his literary prize at the Princess of Asturias Awards in Oviedo, Spain in 2006. Dusko Despotovic (Corbis via Getty Images)Paul Auster speaks with the press inside his home in Brooklyn, New York.Timothy Fadek (Corbis via Getty Images)
The novel 'Sunset Park' by Paul Auster on display at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Union Square, New York on November 17, 2010. Dario Cantatore (Getty Images)Paul Auster in Paris in 1993. Eric Robert (Sygma via Getty Images)Paul Auster at a presentation at The Great Hall inside Cooper Union, in New York City.Stephen Lovekin (FilmMagic)Paul Auster's ID card for the 24th Deauville American Film Festival in 1998.Eric Robert (Sygma via Getty Images)Paul Auster in Paris.Eric Robert (Sygma via Getty Images) Paul Auster with his daughter Sophie Auster and wife Siri Hustvedt sitting at their dining room table inside their home in Brooklyn on July 11, 2006. Johannes Kroemer (Getty Images)Paul Auster on January 8, 1988 in Brooklyn, New York. Ulf Andersen (Getty Images) Paul Auster and Salman Rushdie at the PEN Edmont Christmas charity in The Half King on December 13, 2009. Patrick McMullan (Getty ImageS)
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