His creation "represents the highest level of American literature", and he has won more than ten heavyweight literary awards such as the National Book Award, the American Pen/Saul Bellow Literary Lifetime Achievement Award and the Jerusalem Prize.
Classic Creation: Name (1982), White Noise (1985), Libra (1988), Underground World (1997), Metropolis (2003).
Recent works: Omega Point (20 10) and Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories (20 1 1).