Don Delillo By Erika Sanchez (Literary)

In the 1980’s there were many famous and talented authors. A well known and talented was Don Delillo. He was a novelist and author. Delillo was born November 20, 1936 in New York City. He was very intelligent and talented. Delillo graduated from Fordham University in 1958 and was an advertising copywriter during the early 1960’s. Since he was born he was meant to be a writer and he loved doing it. Some of the themes he would use were the excesses of consumerism. Mass culture and politics in American society.
One of his famous novel happened to be published in 1985. In 1985 “White Noise” was very famous. This novel was about death and technology. “White Noise” made Delillo wins his first widespread recognition. This well known novel tells about Jack Gladney a college professor who must deal with a toxic chemical cloud that threatens himself and his family. “White Noise” was a very interesting novel that made Delillo an outstanding writer.
This man was very goal achievement person. He had many novels as is known but some of his other novels were “Players” in 1977, “Running Dog” in 1978. “The Names” in 1982 and “Mao 2” in 1991 also “The Body Artist” in 2001 and “Cosmopolis” in 2003. As we all know and notice he has a lot of novels. But Delillo did not just have novels he also had short stories and plays such as “The Day Room” in 1987 and “Valparaiso” in 1999. Don Delillo is a great author and novelist that are very well awarded.