- (1971-1974) Lived in France working odd jobs and writing poetry
- His book "Moon Palace" is read in German schools in the last year of study as preparation for the English 'Abitur' examination.
- His wife, Siri Hustvedt, was born in the US to Norwegian parents, and is a successful author in her own right and mother of Sophie Auster. The couple lives in Brooklyn, New York.
- Daughter, Sophie Auster, is a popular singer in France.
- Columbia College: M.A., Comparative Literature (1970)
- In "Moon Palace" there's a conversation about the first moon landing and if it really happened or if it was just a hoax created in a Hollywood studio. The idea of a fake moon landing is the central motif of the movie Opération lune (2002).
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 50th Cannes International Film Festival in 1997.
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 53rd Venice International Film Festival in 1996.
- Father, with Lydia Davis, of Daniel Auster.
- A major portion of Auster's 2013 memoir, "Report From the Interior", includes detailed, scene-by-scene summaries of two films he believes deliver "blows to the head": _The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)_ qv) and _I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)_.
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 55th annual San Sebastian International Film Festival in 2007.
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