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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.
White Noise is the eighth novel by Don DeLillo, published by Viking Press in 1985. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. White Noise is a cornerstone example of postmodern literature. It is widely considered DeLillo's breakout work and brought him to the attention of a much larger audience.
Libra is a 1988 novel by Don DeLillo that describes the life of Lee Harvey Oswald and his participation in a fictional CIA conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. The novel blends historical fact with fictional supposition.
DeLillo was already a well-regarded cult writer in 1985, when the publication of White Noise brought him widespread recognition and the National Book Award for fiction. He followed this in 1988 with Libra, a novel about the Kennedy assassination.
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...
Jun 13, 2024 · 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).
Dec 20, 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 ...
May 22, 2024 · The Essential Don DeLillo. His fascination with terrorism, cults and mass culture’s weirder turns has given his work a prophetic air. Here’s where to start. 105. By Gregory Cowles. Gregory Cowles...
Jan 3, 2023 · Don DeLillo is one of the greatest living American novelists. Here we share a handy starter guide to the Don DeLillo's books from Underworld to The Silence.
Oct 23, 2020 · This story that takes place in the very near future is at the center of a new novel by Don DeLillo. It's called "The Silence," a slim book that explores what happens to people when they're ...
