More often than not, our lives resemble the stuff of eighteenth-century novels.
Paul Auster Quotes
To care about words, to have a stake in what is written, to believe in the power of books - this overwhelms the rest, and beside it one's life becomes very small.
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| Birth: | 3rd February, 1947 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Poet |
About
Auster grew up in South Orange, New Jersey and Newark and graduated from Columbia High School in Maplewood. After graduating from Columbia University in 1970, he moved to Paris, France where he earned a living translating French literature. Since returning to the U.S. in 1974, he has published poems, essays, and novels of his own, as well as translations of French writers such as Stéphane Mallarmé and Joseph Joubert.
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