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Paul Auster papers

Title
Paul Auster papers, 1963-1995 (bulk 1972-circa 1995).
Author
Auster, Paul, 1947-2024.

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Additional Authors
  • Baxter, Charles, 1947-
  • Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
  • DeLillo, Don.
  • Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996.
  • Gascoyne, David, 1916-2001.
  • Hollander, John.
  • Ashbery, John, 1927-2017.
  • Banks, Russell, 1940-2023.
  • Bronk, William.
  • Bly, Robert.
  • Ferlinghetti, Lawrence.
  • Coolidge, Clark, 1939-
  • Merrill, James, 1926-1995.
  • Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
  • Padgett, Ron, 1942-
  • Petit, Philippe.
  • Rakosi, Carl, 1903-2004.
  • Royet-Journoud, Claude.
  • Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995.
  • Spiegelman, Art.
  • Simic, Charles, 1938-2023.
  • Waldrop, Keith.
  • Waldrop, Rosmarie.
  • Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017.
Description
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Summary
  • The archive contains material related to the publication of the three novellas comprising The New York Trilogy (City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room); In the Country of Last Things, The Music of Chance, and Moon Palace; material related to the poetry books Unearth, White Spaces, Facing the Music, and Disappearances, and to a volume of poems and essays, Ground Work. The archive is rich in Auster's early translation work, and in early writings composed while an undergraduate and graduate student at Columbia University, as well as the years after his graduation, spent in France.
  • Present, too, is correspondence from writers, including Charles Baxter, Samuel Beckett, Don DeLillo, Larry Eigner, David Gascoyne, and John Hollander.
Subject
Note
  • In addition to the papers described here, the Berg Collection houses the Paul Auster papers, 1987-2001 (bulk 1995-1999), and the Paul Auster papers, 1999-2006 (bulk 2000-2005). All collections of papers, as well as an accompanying finding aid, can be found in the catalog.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Paul Auster (b. 1947) is a Brooklyn-based novelist, screenplay writer, poet, essayist and translator.
Language (note)
  • English and French.
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Auster Archive
OCLC
807724574
Author
Auster, Paul, 1947-2024.
Title
Paul Auster papers, 1963-1995 (bulk 1972-circa 1995).
Access
Restricted access; request permission from holding division.
Biography
Paul Auster (b. 1947) is a Brooklyn-based novelist, screenplay writer, poet, essayist and translator.
Language
English and French.
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Link to finding aid
Added Author
Baxter, Charles, 1947-
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
DeLillo, Don.
Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996.
Gascoyne, David, 1916-2001.
Hollander, John.
Ashbery, John, 1927-2017.
Banks, Russell, 1940-2023.
Bronk, William.
Bly, Robert.
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence.
Coolidge, Clark, 1939-
Merrill, James, 1926-1995.
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
Padgett, Ron, 1942-
Petit, Philippe.
Rakosi, Carl, 1903-2004.
Royet-Journoud, Claude.
Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995.
Spiegelman, Art.
Simic, Charles, 1938-2023.
Waldrop, Keith.
Waldrop, Rosmarie.
Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017.
Research Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Auster Archive
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