Don DeLillo

Honors and Awards

YearAwardWork
1992 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Mao II
1985 National Book Award for Fiction White Noise
1998 American Book Awards Underworld
1998 Ambassador Book Award for Fiction Underworld
1997 New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year Underworld
1999 Nominated - International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Underworld
1992 Nominated - PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Mao II
1998 Nominated - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Underworld
1992 Nominated - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Mao II
1997 Nominated - National Book Award for Fiction Underworld
1988 Nominated - National Book Award for Fiction Libra
1985 Nominated - National Book Award for Fiction White Noise
1997 Nominated - National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Underworld
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Written works by Don DeLillo

TitlePublishedGenre
Underworld 1997 Novel
Libra 1988 Novel
White Noise 1985 Novel
Mao II 1991 Novel
Ratner's Star 1976 Science Fiction
End Zone 1972 Novel
Cosmopolis 2003 Novel
Americana 1971 Novel
Great Jones Street 1973 Novel
Players 1977 Novel
Running Dog 1978 Novel
The Body Artist 2001 Fiction
The Names 1982 Novel
Pafko at the Wall 2001 Speculative fiction
Falling Man 2007 Novel
Amazons 1980 Novel
Weißes Rauschen
Body Art
Valparaiso
L'étoile de Ratner
Contrapunto
Jugadores
The day room
Andreas Gursky
Love-Lies-Bleeding
Chien galeux
Conversations with Don DeLillo
En Las Ruinas Del Futuro
Ruido De Fondo
Sieben Sekunden. Roman
Bluthunde
Körperzeit
Les noms
Joueurs
Point Omega 2010 Novel
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Don DeLillo quotes

  • Don't you realize that as long as you have to sit down to pee, you'll never be a dominant force in the world? You'll never be a convincing technocrat or middle manager. Because people will know. She's in there sitting down.

    - Don DeLillo

Works by Don DeLillo adapted to film

Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis
Release date:May 25, 2012
Directed by:David Cronenberg
Genre:Drama
Adapted from:Cosmopolis
Rated:R (USA)

Places Don DeLillo has lived

Map showing Places Lived by Don DeLillo
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A The Bronx 1,392,002
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Personal relationships of Don DeLillo

Barbara Bennett
Barbara Bennett
Relationship type:Marriage
Together since:1975

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    Where was Don DeLillo born?
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    Don DeLillo was born in New York.
  • Q:
    Which educational institution did Don DeLillo attend?
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    Don DeLillo studied at Fordham University.
  • Q:
    Who is credited for their influence on Don DeLillo?
  • A:
    Thomas Pynchon, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Vladimir Nabokov and John Dos Passos inspired Don DeLillo.
  • Q:
    Which books have been composed by writer, Don DeLillo?
  • A:
    Popular titles include -
    - Cosmopolis
    - Underworld
    - Ratner's Star
    - Libra
    - White Noise
    - Great Jones Street
    - The Body Artist
  • Q:
    What is Don DeLillo quoted as saying?
  • A:
    Famous quotations include: "People stress the violence. That's the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there's a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There's a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies strewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there's a satisfaction to the game that can't be duplicated. There's a harmony."

Awards & Accolades

  • 1992
Don DeLillo
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