Editing Don DeLillo (section)

===2010s===
[[File:Don delillo nyc 02-cropped.jpg|right|thumb|DeLillo in New York City, 2011]]
DeLillo published ''[[Point Omega]]'', his 15th novel, in February 2010. According to DeLillo, the novel considers an idea from "the writing of the Jesuit thinker and paleontologist [Pierre] Teilhard de Chardin."<ref name="online.wsj.com"/> The Omega Point of the title "[is] the possible idea that human consciousness is reaching a point of exhaustion and that what comes next may be either a paroxysm or something enormously sublime and unenvisionable."<ref name="online.wsj.com"/> ''Point Omega'' is DeLillo's shortest novel to date, and he has said it could be considered a companion piece to ''[[The Body Artist]]'': "In its reflections on time and loss, this may be a [[philosophical fiction|philosophical novel]] and maybe, considering its themes, the book shares a place in my work with ''The Body Artist'', another novel of abbreviated length."<ref>{{cite web |last=Hales |first=Dianne R. |url=http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Interview/Don-DeLillo/ba-p/2144 |title=Don DeLillo – The Barnes & Noble Review |publisher=[[Barnes & Noble]] |date=February 1, 2010 |access-date=November 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111035507/http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Interview/Don-DeLillo/ba-p/2144 |archive-date=November 11, 2013}}</ref>
Reviews were polarized, with some saying the novel was a return to form and innovative, while others complained about its brevity and lack of plot and engaging characters. Upon its initial release, ''Point Omega'' spent one week on ''[[The New York Times Best Seller list]]'', peaking at No. 35 on the extended version of the list during its one-week stay on the list.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schuessler |first=Jennifer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/books/review/InsideList-t.html |title=TBR – Inside the List |newspaper=NYTimes.com |date=February 18, 2010 |access-date=March 16, 2010}}</ref>

In a January 29, 2010, interview with ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', DeLillo discussed at great length ''Point Omega'', his views of writing, and his plans for the future. When asked why his recent novels had been shorter, DeLillo replied, "Each book tells me what it wants or what it is, and I'd be perfectly content to write another long novel. It just has to happen."<ref name="online.wsj.com"/> While DeLillo is open to the idea of returning to the form of the long novel, the interview also revealed that he had no interest in doing as many of his literary contemporaries have done and writing a memoir.<ref name="online.wsj.com"/> DeLillo also made some observations on the state of literature and the challenges facing young writers:
<blockquote>It's tougher to be a young writer today than when I was a young writer. I don't think my first novel would have been published today as I submitted it. I don't think an editor would have read 50 pages of it. It was very overdone and shaggy, but two young editors saw something that seemed worth pursuing and eventually we all did some work on the book and it was published. I don't think publishers have that kind of tolerance these days, and I guess possibly as a result, more writers go to writing class now than then. I think first, fiction, and second, novels, are much more refined in terms of language, but they may tend to be too well behaved, almost in response to the narrower market.<ref name="online.wsj.com"/></blockquote>

In a February 21, 2010, interview with ''[[The Times]]'', DeLillo reaffirmed his belief in the validity and importance of the novel in a technology- and media-driven age, offering a more optimistic opinion of the future of the novel than his contemporary [[Philip Roth]] had done in a recent interview:

<blockquote>It is the form that allows a writer the greatest opportunity to explore human experience....For that reason, reading a novel is potentially a significant act. Because there are so many varieties of human experience, so many kinds of interaction between humans, and so many ways of creating patterns in the novel that can't be created in a short story, a play, a poem or a movie. The novel, simply, offers more opportunities for a reader to understand the world better, including the world of artistic creation. That sounds pretty grand, but I think it's true.<ref name="entertainment.timesonline.co.uk"/></blockquote>

DeLillo received two further significant literary awards in 2010: the [[St. Louis Literary Award]] on October 21, 2010 (previous recipients include [[Salman Rushdie]], [[E.L. Doctorow]], [[John Updike]], [[William Gass]], [[Joyce Carol Oates]], [[Joan Didion]] and [[Tennessee Williams]]);<ref>{{cite news|last=Henderson |first=Jane |url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/book-blog/article_79a4da40-afa4-11df-8002-00127992bc8b.html |title=DeLillo to receive STL Literary Award |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=August 24, 2010 |access-date=December 30, 2011}}</ref> and his second [[PEN American Center|PEN Award]], the [[PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction]], on October 13, 2010.

DeLillo's first collection of short stories, ''The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories'', covering short stories published between 1979 and 2011, was published in November 2011.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.simonandschuster.com/Angel-Esmeralda/Don-DeLillo/9781451655841 |title=Books: The Angel Esmeralda |date=November 15, 2011 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-1-4423-4648-2 |access-date=December 30, 2011}}</ref> It received favorable reviews and was a finalist for both the 2012 [[The Story Prize|Story Prize]] award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestoryprize.org/ |title=The Story Prize |publisher=[[The Story Prize]] |access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref> and the 2012 [[PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction|PEN/Faulkner]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.penfaulkner.org/2012/03/26/about-the-winner-finalists/#DeLilloAbout |title= About the Winner & Finalists &#124; PEN / Faulkner Foundation|website=www.penfaulkner.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220182917/http://www.penfaulkner.org/2012/03/26/about-the-winner-finalists/#DeLilloAbout |archive-date=December 20, 2012}}</ref> as well as being longlisted for the [[Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frankoconnor-shortstory-award.net/ |title=The Frank O'Connor |publisher=Frankoconnor-shortstory-award.net |access-date=November 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203032031/http://www.frankoconnor-shortstory-award.net/ |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''New York Times Book Review'' contributor Liesl Schillinger praised it, saying, "DeLillo packs fertile ruminations and potent consolation into each of these rich, dense, concentrated stories."<ref>{{cite news|last=Schillinger|first=Liesl|title=Don DeLillo and the Varieties of American Unease|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/books/review/the-angel-esmeralda-nine-stories-by-don-delillo-book-review.html?pagewanted=all|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 17, 2011}}</ref>

DeLillo received the 2012 Carl Sandburg Literary Award on October 17, 2012, on the campus of the [[University of Illinois at Chicago]]. The prize is "presented annually to an acclaimed author in recognition of outstanding contributions to the literary world and honors a significant work or body of work that has enhanced the public's awareness of the written word."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cplfoundation.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_sandburgawards_co |title=Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner |publisher=[[Chicago Public Library]] Foundation |date=October 23, 2013 |access-date=November 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230958/http://www.cplfoundation.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_sandburgawards_co |archive-date=December 2, 2013}}</ref>

On January 29, 2013, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' announced that [[Luca Guadagnino]] would direct an adaptation of ''The Body Artist'' called ''Body Art''.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=John|last=Hopewell |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/markets-festivals/cronenberg-delillo-branco-reteam-for-body-art-1118065323/ |title=Cronenberg, DeLillo, Branco reteam for 'Body Art' |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=January 29, 2013 |access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref> On April 26, 2013, it was announced that DeLillo had received the inaugural [[Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction]] (formerly the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction), with the presentation of the award due to take place during the 2013 [[National Book Festival]], Sept. 21–22, 2013.<ref name="loc.gov"/><ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/don-delillo-is-first-recipient-of-library-of-congress-prize-for-american-fiction/2013/04/24/ae1ff5f8-acd5-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story_1.html |title=Don DeLillo is first recipient of Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction |newspaper=The Washington Post |date= April 25, 2013|access-date=November 23, 2013 |first=Ron |last=Charles}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/04/25/delillo-wins-inaugural-library-of-congress-prize-for-american-fiction.html |title=DeLillo Wins Inaugural Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction |website=[[The Daily Beast]] |date=April 25, 2013 |access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name="artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com">{{cite news| url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/new-literary-prize-goes-to-old-pro-delillo/ | work=The New York Times | first=John | last=Williams | title=New Literary Prize Goes to DeLillo | date=April 25, 2013}}</ref>

The prize honors "an American literary writer whose body of work is distinguished not only for its mastery of the art but for its originality of thought and imagination. The award seeks to commend strong, unique, enduring voices that—throughout long, consistently accomplished careers—have told us something about the American experience."<ref name="loc.gov"/> In a statement issued in response to the award, DeLillo said, "When I received news of this award, my first thoughts were of my mother and father, who came to this country the hard way, as young people confronting a new language and culture. In a significant sense, the Library of Congress Prize is the culmination of their efforts and a tribute to their memory."<ref name="artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com"/>

In November 2012, DeLillo revealed that he was at work on a new novel, his 16th, and that "the [main] character spends a lot of time watching file footage on a wide screen, images of a disaster."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/68430780.html |title=Cosmopolis Interviews – Rob Pattinson, David Cronenberg, Don Delillo |publisher=[[Oh No They Didn't]]com |date=April 23, 2012 |access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Kevin|last=Nance |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-12/features/ct-prj-1014-don-delillo-20121012_1_mao-ii-angel-esmeralda-printers-row |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014041158/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-12/features/ct-prj-1014-don-delillo-20121012_1_mao-ii-angel-esmeralda-printers-row |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |title=Don DeLillo talks about writing |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=October 12, 2012 |access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref> In August 2015, DeLillo's publisher Simon & Schuster announced that the novel, ''[[Zero K (novel)|Zero K]]'', would be published in May 2016.<ref name="books.simonandschuster.com">{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Zero-K/Don-DeLillo/9781501138072|title=Zero K|date=May 3, 2016|isbn=978-1-5011-3807-2|via=www.simonandschuster.com|last1=Delillo|first1=Don}}</ref> The advanced blurb for the novel is as follows:

<blockquote>Jeffrey Lockhart's father, Ross, is a George Soros-like billionaire now in his sixties, with a younger wife, Artis, whose health is failing. Ross is the primary investor in a deeply remote and secret compound where death is controlled and bodies are preserved until a future moment when medicine and technology can reawaken them. Jeffrey joins Ross and Artis at the compound to say "an uncertain farewell" to her as she surrenders her body. Ross Lockhart is not driven by the hope for immortality, for power and wealth beyond the grave. He is driven by love for his wife, for Artis, without whom he feels life is not worth living. It is that which compels him to submit to death long before his time. Jeffrey heartily disapproves. He is committed to living, to "the mingled astonishments of our time, here, on earth. "Thus begins an emotionally resonant novel that weighs the darkness of the world—terrorism, floods, fires, famine, death—against the beauty of everyday life; love, awe, "the intimate touch of earth and sun." Brilliantly observed and infused with humor, Don Delillo's ''Zero K'' is an acute observation about the fragility and meaning of life, about embracing our family, this world, our language, and our humanity.<ref name="books.simonandschuster.com"/></blockquote>

In November 2015, DeLillo received the 2015 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the 66th National Book Awards ceremony. The ceremony was held on November 8 in New York City, and he was presented his award by Pulitzer Prize winner [[Jennifer Egan]], a writer profoundly influenced by DeLillo's work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flavorwire.com/535906/don-delillo-to-receive-national-book-award-for-contribution-to-american-letters|title=Don DeLillo to Receive National Book Award for Contribution to American Letters|first=Jonathon|last=Sturgeon|website=Flavorwire}}</ref> In his acceptance speech, DeLillo reflected upon his career as a reader as well as a writer, recalling examining his personal book collection and feeling a profound sense of personal connection to literature: "Here I'm not the writer at all, I'm a grateful reader. When I look at my bookshelves I find myself gazing like a museum-goer."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nationalbook.org/amerletters_2015_ddelillo.html |title=Don DeLillo to receive NBF Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters |access-date=April 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423042118/http://www.nationalbook.org/amerletters_2015_ddelillo.html |archive-date=April 23, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2016, DeLillo was the guest of honor at an academic conference dedicated to his work, "Don DeLillo: Fiction Rescues History", a three-day event at the [[Sorbonne Nouvelle]] in Paris.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://delilloparisconf.byethost12.com/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 26, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118044936/http://delilloparisconf.byethost12.com/ |archive-date=November 18, 2015}}</ref>

Speaking to ''[[The Guardian]]'' in November 2018, DeLillo revealed he was working on a new novel, his 17th, "set three years in the future. But I'm not trying to imagine the future in the usual terms. I'm trying to imagine what has been torn apart and what can be put back together, and I don't know the answer. I hope I can arrive at an answer through writing the fiction."<ref>{{cite news|last=Brooks |first=Xan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/nov/05/don-delillo-trumps-america-love-lies-bleeding |title=Don DeLillo on Trump's America: 'I'm not sure the country is recoverable' |newspaper=The Guardian |date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=November 8, 2018}}</ref>