NEW YORK (AP) – Don DeLillo is receiving an honorary National Book Award for lifetime achievement.
The author of “White Noise,” ”Underworld” and other celebrated novels will receive his medal on Nov. 18 at the 66th annual awards ceremony in New York City, the National Book Foundation told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan will introduce DeLillo, who won the fiction award in 1985 for “White Noise.”
DeLillo, 78, is also known for the novels “Underworld,” ”Libra” and “Mao II.”