The American writer, known in the world of literature in particular for his “New York Trilogy”, was diagnosed with cancer last December, as announced by his wife Siri Hustvedt on Instagram.
- Paul Auster is an American novelist, but also a filmmaker, known in particular for his “New York Trilogy” released in 1987.
- His wife, Siri Hustvedt, announced on Instagram that he was diagnosed with cancer last December, without specifying the type.
- She said the 76-year-old novelist is currently being treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
The literary world is in turmoil, after learning of the cancer of the American writer Paul Auster, a famous American novelist whose stories are populated by marginal and disoriented characters.
It was his wife, Siri Hustvedt, also a writer, who announced it on Saturday March 11, on her Instagram account, as noted by AFP. His wife said the 76-year-old novelist is currently being treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
Paul Auster, a world famous novelist who was also a filmmaker
“My husband was diagnosed with cancer in December after being ill for the months leading up to it”she revealed. “I live in a place that I have come to call Cancerland. (…) Many people have crossed its borders, either because they are or have been sick themselves, or because they love someone a parent, child, spouse or friend who has or has had cancer”she continued.
Paul Auster is the author of more than thirty books which have been translated into more than 40 languages. Part of his work evokes the city of New York, in particular the district of Brooklyn where he lives. First a poet, he then turned to the novel and from the 1990s to cinema with the production of a few films such as Smoke Or Lulu on the Bridge.
We don’t yet know what type of cancer the writer has.
As a novelist, he notably made himself known in 1982 thanks to The invention of loneliness, an autobiographical novel in which he tries to identify the personality of his father. The novelist achieved international fame in 1987 with his “New York Trilogy“, a noir novel inspired by the detective genre. From 1986 (the year of the release of city of glass) to 1994 (that of Mr Vertigo), he published major novels like Moon Palace And Leviathan.
Siri Hustvedt did not specify the type of cancer her husband suffers from or his prognosis. “Living with someone who has cancer and is bombarded with chemotherapy and immunotherapy is an adventure of closeness and separation”she wrote. “It is not always easy to walk this tightrope…”
