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Abstract
One of the American writers whose writings almost are about the theme of ‘identity’ is Paul Auster. Auster was born in New Jersey in 1947 to Samuel Auster and Queenie of polish origins. He graduated from Columbia University in 1970. He was married to the American writer Lydia Davis, yet their marriage broke up. His second wife is the American novelist Siri Hustvedt. He has two sons: Daniel Auster from his first marriage and Sophie Auster from his second one. Auster began as a poet in the 70s, but he gave up quickly writing poems. He has a big interest in French literature due to his residence in Paris for four years. He has worked as a translator; thus, in 1982, he created an excellent compilation of 20th Century French poetry.During the middle of the 80s, he paid his attention to writing novels.
Hence, Auster enriches the American literature with his remarkable masterpieces which have been translated into more than forty languages,for instance,The Invention of Solitude (1982), The New York Trilogy: City of Glass (1985), Ghosts and The Locked Room (1986), In The Country of Last Things (1987), MoonPalace (1989), The Music of Chance (1990), Leviathan (1992), Mr. Vertigo (1994), Timbuktu (1999), The Book of Illusions (2002), The Brooklyn Follies (2005), Travels in the Scriptorium (2007), Invisible (2009), Sunset Park (2010), Winter Journal (2012), and finally 4321 (2017).
Auster’s literary excellence has been extremely appreciated, hence, he has been awarded for years: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (1991) for The Music of Chance, International Dublin Literary Award(2001) for Timbuktu, International Dublin Literary Award (2004) for The Book of Illusions, International Dublin Literary Award (2005) for Oracle Night, Prince of Asturias Award for Literature (2006),International Dublin Literary Award (2007) for TheBrooklyn Follies, International Dublin Literary Award (2008) for Travels in theScriptorium, International Dublin Literary Award (2010) for Man in