Geburtsdatum | Freitag, 20. November 1936 |
Geburtsort | New York City, U.S. |
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Beschreibung | Donald Richard DeLillo (geboren am 20. November 1936) ist ein amerikanischer Romancier, Autor von Kurzgeschichten, Theaterstücken, Drehbüchern und Essays. Seine Werke behandeln so unterschiedliche Themen wie Fernsehen, Atomkrieg, Sport, die Komplexität der Sprache, Performance-Kunst, den Kalten Krieg, Mathematik, das Aufkommen des digitalen Zeitalters, Politik, Wirtschaft und den globalen Terrorismus. |
I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.
There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear people develop in response to it.
I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.
I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way, as a kind of inspiration and a model for the beauty of language.
There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.
I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts.
