Author Louis Auchincloss dies at age 92

Published 11:33 am Wednesday, January 27, 2010

NEW YORK — Louis Auchincloss, 92, a prolific author of fiction and nonfiction whose dozens of books imparted sober, firsthand knowledge of America’s patrician class, has died.

The author’s grandson, James Auchincloss, said Auchincloss died Tuesday, a week after suffering a stroke.

Louis Auchincloss, a longtime resident of Park Avenue, wrote more than 50 books, averaging about one a year after the end of World War II. He was a four-time fiction finalist for the National Book Award, his nominated novels including “The Embezzler” and “The House of Five Talents.”