The National Book Foundation has selected author Don DeLillo as the recipient of the 2015 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters for the National Book Awards.
The author of 15 novels and a novella, DeLillo won the National Book Award for his book White Noise and was nominated for Libra and Underworld.
“Don DeLillo is unquestionably one of the greatest novelists of his generation,” stated Harold Augenbraum, the Foundation’s executive director. “He has had an enormous influence on the two generations of writers that followed, and his work will continue to resonate for generations to come.”
The 66th National Book Awards Ceremony will take place on Nov. 18th in New York. The National Book Foundation will reveal the longlist nominees on NewYorker.com later this month.