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Don DeLillo. Donald Richard "Don" DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as television, nuclear war, the complexities of language, art, the advent of the Digital Age, mathematics, politics, economics, and sports.
- Novelist
- Fordham University
- 1960–present
- Postmodernism
Don DeLillo, American novelist whose postmodernist works portray the anomie of an America cosseted by material excess and stupefied by empty mass culture and politics. His notable books included White Noise (1985), Libra (1988), Underworld (1997), and Point Omega (2010).
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Dec 19, 2022 · Why Don DeLillo is America's greatest living writer. The writer that inspired Netflix's latest hit White Noise is a dazzling chronicler of modern America, and one of the country's legendary ...
Oct 12, 2020 · For nearly 50 years and across 17 novels, among them classics like “White Noise,” “Libra” and “Underworld,” DeLillo, who is 83, has summoned the darker currents of the American experience with...
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Mar 30, 2023 · Library of America is a non-profit publisher and curator of American literature that showcases the diverse and influential writing of Don DeLillo, a Nobel laureate and champion of American culture. Explore his major works, such as The Names, White Noise, Libra, and Mao II, and his interviews with esteemed critics and authors.
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Sep 7, 1997 · On the day Salinger’s picture appeared in the Post, another novelist of stature, Don DeLillo, began thinking about the inescapable and mystical power of the image in the media age, and, closer...