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DeLillo, Don
(Encyclopedia) DeLillo, DonDeLillo, Dondəlĭlˈō [key], 1936–, American novelist, b. New York City, grad. Fordham (1958). DeLillo is an accomplished prose stylist with a dark vision and mordant wit. In…Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo is a New York novelist whose books include the critical and popular successes White Noise (1985), Libra (1988) and Underworld (1997). Raised by Italian immigrants in the Bronx, DeLillo…Don Cossacks
(Encyclopedia) Don Cossacks, Cossack settlers (see Cossacks) who in the 16th cent. founded the virtually independent republic of the Don Cossacks on the fertile steppes along the lower course of the…Don, river, Russia
(Encyclopedia) DonDondŏn, Rus. dôn [key], river, SW European Russia. It rises SE of Tula and flows c.1,200 mi (1,930 km), first SE past Voronezh, then SW into the Sea of Azov. At its eastern bend the…1985 National Book Awards
FictionWhite Noise, Don DeLilloFirst Work of FictionEasy in the Islands, Bob ShacochisNonfictionCommon Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families, J. Anthony Lukas…Robert Pattinson
With his rippling brow and matinee-idol chin, Robert Pattinson became a movie heartthrob after appearing as the vampire Edward Cullen in the 2008 teen romance Twilight. Robert Pattinson was born in…The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Author:Salman RushdiePublisher:Henry Holt Salman Rushdie's latest novel suggests the vivid polyphony of a Hieronymous Bosch painting: every corner is crammed with ultrarealistic detail that…Michael Chabon Biography
Michael ChabonwriterBorn: 1964Birthplace: Columbia, MD Voted one of the 20 Best American Writers under 40 by The New Yorker in 1999, Chabon has been compared to Nabokov, Philip Roth and Don…Don, river, England
(Encyclopedia) DonDondôn [key], river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Pennines, N England. It flows SE through Sheffield, then turns NE and flows past Rotherham and Doncaster to the River Ouse…David Cronenberg
Filmmaker David Cronenberg is famous for gruesome horror films as well as mainstream art house movies, from Videodrome and The Fly, to Eastern Promises and A Dangerous Method. David Cronenberg is a…Trending
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