Paul Benjamin Auster was born on 3 February 1947 in Newark, New Jersey and died on 30 April 2024 in New York. He was an American writer, film director, screenwriter, critic, translator and publisher. His works have been translated into more than forty languages. Photograph: David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
In Berlin Christoph Heubner, Vice President of the International Auschwitz Committee, paid tribute to the writer Paul Auster who has died aged 77:
"Survivors of the Holocaust are filled with gratitude and sadness as they bid farewell to the great writer, neighbour and contemporary, Paul Auster, who in his works and in his life dedicated space to remembrance and to their memories, thus enriching his readers’ world and infusing it with strength. His resolute advocacy of democracy and his opposition to the bleak predictions of far-right conspiracies, but also his fears and concerns expressed in the face of political developments in the United States, gave hope and inspiration to many. We are already feeling the profound loss of Paul Auster’s clear, life-affirming voice."