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Don DeLillo

1936 - Today

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Donald Richard DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter, and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as consumerism, nuclear war, the complexities of language, art, television, the advent of the Digital Age, mathematics, politics, economics, and sports. 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 assassination of John F. Kennedy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Don DeLillo is the 1,601st most popular writer (down from 1,388th in 2019), the 2,342nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,700th in 2019) and the 185th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Don DeLillo ranks 1,601 out of 7,302. Before him are Akka Mahadevi, Pacuvius, Mary Berry, Vicki Baum, Konstantin Simonov, and A. B. Yehoshua. After him are Mustafa Balel, John Mandeville, Christian Morgenstern, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Charles Paul de Kock, and Sheridan Le Fanu.

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Among people born in 1936, Don DeLillo ranks 122. Before him are William Levada, Nicos Poulantzas, Duncan Edwards, Wilfried Martens, Claude Brasseur, and A. B. Yehoshua. After him are Trần Đức Lương, Canaan Banana, Dean Stockwell, Aleida March, Charles Dutoit, and Jannis Kounellis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don DeLillo ranks 2,342 out of 20,380. Before him are Hugh S. Johnson (1882), Taylor Swift (1989), Nell Arthur (1837), Stockard Channing (1944), Eva Mendes (1974), and Hayden White (1928). After him are Ashton Kutcher (1978), Ricky Nelson (1940), Eazy-E (1964), Thomas J. Watson (1874), Amy Coney Barrett (1972), and Ronald Lauder (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Don DeLillo ranks 185. Before him are Erich Segal (1937), Betty Friedan (1921), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Solomon Northup (1808), and Flannery O'Connor (1925). After him are Ken Wilber (1949), Robert Jordan (1948), Ira Levin (1929), Harlan Coben (1962), Robert Silverberg (1935), and Elizabeth George (1949).

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