# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-auster
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:02:36.771Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born February 3, 1947, Auster emerged as a poet and memoirist before the publication of The New York Trilogy in 1987 recast him as a architect of postmodern puzzles. Moon Palace followed in 1989, then The Music of Chance in 1990, each deepening his signature blend of chance and control. The Book of Illusions arrived in 2002, The Brooklyn Follies in 2005, Invisible in 2009, Sunset Park in 2010. Winter Journal in 2012 turned inward, a memoir of the body and its history. His sprawling 4 3 2 1 landed in 2017, four versions of one life branching from the same root. Translated into more than 40 languages, his work traveled far from its Brooklyn origine. He died April 30, 2024.