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On Instagram, the American novelist Siri Hustvedt deplored this Thursday, May 2, not having been able to announce the death of her husband, Paul Auster herself.
DEATH – Huge regret and bitter anger. In a long message on Instagram, the American novelist Siri Hustvedt deplored this Thursday, May 2, not having been able to announce herself the death of her husband, Paul Auster, who died of complications from cancer on April 30, at the age 77 years old.
It was in fact not Siri Hustvedt, but a friend of the couple who announced the sad news to New York Times, then to the AFP. This relative and American journalist specified that he died at his home in Brooklyn, New York, in the United States, “ at home, surrounded by his loved ones.
” It’s bad. »
“I was naive, but I imagined that I would be the person who would announce the death of my husband,” reacted Siri Hustvedt, famous essayist, in the post which you can read below.
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The one who communicated about Paul Auster’s lung cancer in March 2023 adds: “Even before his body was removed from our house, news of his death was circulating in the media and obituaries had been published. »
“Neither me, nor our daughter, Sophie, nor our son-in-law, Spencer, nor my sisters, whom Paul loved like his own sisters and who witnessed his death, had time to realize our immense loss”continues Siri Hustvedt who affirms that we have “stolen dignity” to notify loved ones. Before you shout: “I don’t know the whole story of how this happened, but I do know this: It’s wrong. »
The philosopher also evokes in this text Paul Auster’s fight against cancer and “treatment failure” which will lead to the death of the American novelist known for his New York trilogy.
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