Don DeLillo

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

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Periods of American Literature

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9 American Countercultural Books

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

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7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

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6 Wars of Independence

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Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

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Born	November 20, 1936 (age 88) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors	PEN/Faulkner Award (1992) • National Book Award (1985)
Notable Works	“Americana” • “Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories, The” • “Falling Man” • “Point Omega” • “The Silence” • “Underworld” • “White Noise” • “Zero K”
Movement / Style	postmodernism

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