Auster gained cult status in the 1980s and 1990s with his 'New York Trilogy' of metaphysical mysteries and his hip film 'Smoke', about the lost souls who patronise a Brooklyn tobacco shop. Photo: AFP
American author Paul Auster who made his name with noirish, existentialist novels about lonely writers, outsiders and down-and-outers that were a huge hit in Europe particularly, has died aged 77.
He died on Tuesday evening at his home in Brooklyn surrounded by family, including his wife Siri Hustvedt and daughter Sophie Auster, his friend and fellow author Jacki Lyden said in a statement sent to AFP.
