Difference between revisions of "Paul Auster"
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| − | '''Paul Auster''' | + | '''Paul Auster''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1969|69]] [[MA]] '[[1970|70]] is a renowned novelist, translator, editor, script writer and film director, best known for ''The New York Trilogy''. |
Despite being a rather quiet, bookish student who preferred little more than a drin at the old [[West End]], Auster somewhat passively participated in the [[1968 protests]], hanging out in [[Mathematics Hall]] during the occupation and getting beaten and arrested by the [[NYPD]]. Later, he described himself as "crazy" during the period and found the protests to have been somewhat misdirected. | Despite being a rather quiet, bookish student who preferred little more than a drin at the old [[West End]], Auster somewhat passively participated in the [[1968 protests]], hanging out in [[Mathematics Hall]] during the occupation and getting beaten and arrested by the [[NYPD]]. Later, he described himself as "crazy" during the period and found the protests to have been somewhat misdirected. | ||
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Revision as of 15:18, 23 April 2008
- See also Wikipedia's article about "Paul Auster".
Auster on the cover of CCT
Paul Auster CC '69 MA '70 is a renowned novelist, translator, editor, script writer and film director, best known for The New York Trilogy.
Despite being a rather quiet, bookish student who preferred little more than a drin at the old West End, Auster somewhat passively participated in the 1968 protests, hanging out in Mathematics Hall during the occupation and getting beaten and arrested by the NYPD. Later, he described himself as "crazy" during the period and found the protests to have been somewhat misdirected.
After graduating, he spent a year in GSAS studying English.
