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Over more than 30 books, Auster often used New York as a backdrop for stories of characters struggling to make sense of life’s random chaos.

Paul Auster, a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as The New York Trilogy, has died.

Author Paul Auster has died at age 77. Auster was a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as “The New York Trilogy”

Author Paul Auster has died at age 77. Auster was a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as “The New York Trilogy”

With his hooded eyes, soulful air and leading-man looks, Auster was often described as a ‘literary superstar’ in news accounts

The US novelist became one of the most important contemporary literary voices, with his books translated into 40 languages. Paul Auster has died at the age of 77.

The iconic writer, and author behind the award-winning novels The New York Trilogy, passed away on Tuesday with his death confirmed by his friend and fellow novelist Jacki Lyden.

Paul Auster, the American author behind the award-winning novels The New York Trilogy, has died at the age of 77, his friend Jacki Lyden has confirmed

Bob Strong/ReutersNovelist Paul Auster has died at the age of 77 due to complications from lung cancer, his friend and fellow author Jacki Lyden confirmed.A New Jersey native who ultimately made Brooklyn his home, Auster wrote 34 books throughout his career, including the New York Trilogy, which began with City of Glass, the 1985 novel that wound up being Auster’s breakthrough (after it was first rejected by 17 publishers, according to The New York Times).Highly regarded as a leading figu...

Auster’s work straddles the divide between the middlebrow and the highbrow.