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Author Don DeLilloDonald Richard "Don" DeLillo was born November 20, 1936 and grew up in the Bronx in New York City. He graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx with a bachelor's degree in Communication Arts in 1958.

DeLillo is an American author, novelist, playwright, and essayist, best known for his novels which paint detailed portraits of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He has also written under the pseudonym Cleo Birdwell.

He currently lives in New York.

Don DeLillo Book List and Awards
Similar authors: Jonathan Franzen, Joyce Carol Oates, Philip Roth, Richard Russo

Zero K
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Zero K by Don DeLillo

Point Omega
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Point Omega by Don DeLillo

The Body Artist
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The Body Artist by Don DeLillo

Don DeLillo Bibliography


Novels

  • Americana - 1971
  • End Zone - 1972
  • Great Jones Street - 1973
  • Ratner's Star - 1976
  • Players - 1977
  • Running Dog - 1978
  • Amazons - 1980 (under pseudonym "Cleo Birdwell")
  • The Names - 1982
  • White Noise - 1985
  • Libra - 1988
  • Mao II - 1991
  • Underworld - 1997
  • The Body Artist - 2001
  • Cosmopolis - 2003
  • Falling Man - 2007
  • Point Omega - 2010
  • Zero K - 2016

Collections

  • The Angel Esmeralda: nine stories

Don DeLillo Awards

  • National Book Award
  • PEN/Faulkner Award
  • PEN/Saul Bellow Prize
  • American Book Award
  • Jerusalem Prize
  • Carl Sandburg Literary Award
  • William Dean Howells Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters

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