Italian Translations/Editions of DeLillo's Novels

Many thanks to Gianluca Pignalberi for the contents of this page!


Rumore bianco (White Noise), tr. Federica Aceto, published by Einaudi, 2023, ISBN 9788806255633, hardcover. Link to Rumore bianco at publisher's site. A new translation timed to the film release.


Nelle rovine del futuro (In the ruins of the future), tr. Ercole Leo, published by Marotta Cafiero, 2022, ISBN 9788831379434, hardcover. Link to Nelle rovine del futuro at publisher's site. It contains four shorter pieces: "In the Ruins of the Future" (2001), "The Power of the History" (1997), "A History of the Writer Alone in a Room" (1999), "The Artist Naked in a Cage" (1997).


Il silenzio (The Silence), tr. Federica Aceto, published by Einaudi, 2021, ISBN 9788806248413, hardcover. Link to Il silenzio at Einaudi site.


Zero K, tr. Federica Aceto, published by Einaudi, 2016, ISBN 978-8806232528, hardcover. Link to Zero K at Einaudi site.


L'angelo Esmeralda, (The Angel Esmeralda), tr. Federica Aceto, published by Einaudi, 2013, ISBN 978-8806211851, hardcover. Link to L'angelo Esmeralda at Einaudi site.


La stella di Ratner, (Ratner's Star), tr. Matteo Colombo, published by Einaudi, 2011, ISBN 9788806189853, hardcover. Link to La stella di Ratner at Einaudi site.

Undici Settembre, (September 11), Contro-narrazioni americane, edited by Daniela Daniele, Einaudi, 2003, ISBN 9788806166646. Contains 'Tra le rovine del futuro. Riflessioni sul terrore e il lutto all'ombra di settembre' (In the Ruins of the Future. Reflections on Terror and Loss in the Shadow of September)

Schegge d'America, (After Yesterday's Crash), edited by Larry McCaffery, Fanucci, 1998, ISBN 9788834706293. Contains 'L'estasi di un atleta assunto in cielo' (The rapture of the athlete assumed into heaven)

(added May 7, 2011)


Punto Omega (Point Omega), tr. Federica Aceto, published by Einaudi, June 2010, ISBN 9788806202590, hard cover. Link to Punto Omega at Einaudi site.

L'uomo che cade (Falling Man), tr. Matteo Colombo, published by Einaudi, 2008, ISBN 9788806188719, hard cover. Link to L'uomo che cade at Einaudi site.

Contrappunto (Counterpoint - Three movies, a book, and an old photograph), tr. Matteo Colombo, published by Einaudi, 2008, paperback. Link to Contrappunto at Einaudi site.

Love-Lies-Bleeding, tr. Alessandra Serra, published by Einaudi, 2006, ISBN 9788806183905, paperback. Link to Love-Lies-Bleeding at Einaudi site.

(added June 6, 2010)


Cosmopolis, tr. Silvia Pareschi, published by Einaudi, May 2003, ISBN 88-06-16466-X, hard cover.


Valparaiso, June 2002, published by Einaudi, Trans. Alessandra Serra, ISBN 88-06-15664-0, paperback.


Body art(The Body Artist), March 2001, Einaudi, translated by Marisa Caramella, ISBN 88-06-15666-7, hardcover.


Underworld 1999, Einaudi, tr. by Delfina Vezzoli, ISBN 88-06-14725-0, hardcover.

Underworld 2005, Einaudi, tr. by Delfina Vezzoli, ISBN 9788806173999, paperback.


Mao II, 1992, Leonardo, translated by Delfina Vezzoli. ISBN 88-355-0221-7.

Mao II (reprint), tr. Delfina Vezzoli, published by Einaudi, June 2003, ISBN 88-06-16162-8, paperback.


Libra, 1989, Tullio Pironti Editore, translated by Agnese Micheluzzi and Carmen Micillo.

Libra, year 2000 edition, published by Einaudi, translated by Massimo Bocchiola, ISBN 88-06-14726-9, hard cover.

Libra, 2008, Einaudi, translated by Massimo Bocchiola, ISBN 9788806176785, paperback.


La Stanza Bianca (The Day Room), tr. Alessandra Serra, published by Einaudi, May 2003, ISBN 88-06-16543-7, paperback.


Rumore bianco (White Noise), 1987, Tullio Pironti Editore, translated by Mario Biondi. ISBN 88-7937-048-0, hardcover. There were apparently several different dust jackets issued for this title - and they are all shown below. See the blog post White Noise by Don DeLillo, On the hunt for the real first edition! for the mysterious details.

Rumore bianco, 1999, trans. by Mario Biondi, ISBN 88-06-14727-7, paperback.


I nomi (The Names), 1990, Tullio Pironti Editore, translated by Amalia Pistilli.

I nomi (The Names), 2007, Einaudi, translated by Amalia Pistilli.


Cane che corre (Running Dog), 1991, Tullio Pironti Editore, translated by Livia Fascia. ISBN 88-7937-034-0, hardcover.

Running Dog, tr. Silvia Pareschi, published by Einaudi, ISBN 9788806161613, 2005, hard cover. Link to Running Dog at Einaudi site.


Giocatori (Players), 1993, Tullio Pironti Editore, translated by Maria Teresa Marenco. ISBN 88-7937-061-8.

Giocatori (Players), 2005, Einaudi, translated by Maria Teresa Marenco. ISBN 9788806161590.


Great Jones Street, 1997, Il Saggiatore, translated by Marco Pensante. ISBN 88-428-0446-0, paperback.

Great Jones Street, 2000, Einaudi, translated by Marco Pensante. ISBN 9788806189846, paperback.


Americana, 2000, tr. Marco Pensante, Il Saggiatore; ISBN 88-428-0578-5, hard cover.

Americana, 2008, tr. Marco Pensante, Einaudi; ISBN 9788806189877, paperback.


There is also a healthy amount of literary criticism being written (or translated) in Italian. In 2005 the journal Nuova Corrente devoted an issue to Don DeLillo (Vol. 52/#136), edited by Daniela Daniele.

Contents:

Daniela Daniele. Premessa

Marc Chenetier. Don DeLillo: la resistenza ai sistemi

Heinz Ickstadt. Il mondo narrativo di Don DeLillo

Pamela Mansutti. Using the whole picture : il doppio sogno cinematorgrafico di Americana (1971)

Rosa Maria Diez Cobo. The never ending neon : storia e terrore di un epoca terminale

Frank Lentricchia. Libra come critica postmoderna

Maria Cristina Iuli. Sottrarre strati di coscienza? Identita e intermedialita in Libra

Tom LeClair. Mao II ed Io

Giulio Iacoli. CorpoReality Show. Elegia e deformazione del mondo in Don DeLillo, The Body Artist

Marc Chenetier and François Happe. Intervista a Don DeLillo


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Last updated: 31-AUG-2023