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Arts & Literature
Don DeLillo
b. 1936Bronx, NYItalian American descendantLiving
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Why Included
Underworld
Biography
Underworld; White Noise; Libra; master of American postmodern literature; Bronx-born Italian-American Catholic. National Book Award; PEN/Faulkner Award; Jerusalem Prize; DeLillo Archive at UT Austin
Notable For
- Underworld
- White Noise
- Libra
- master of American postmodern literature
Honors & Recognition
- National Book Award
- PEN/Faulkner Award
- Jerusalem Prize
- DeLillo Archive at UT Austin
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Arts & Literature
- Specialty
- Literature/Fiction
- Years
- b. 1936
- Birth Place
- Bronx, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Regional Ancestry
- Italy
- Ancestry Verification
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