David Foster Wallace
1962 – 2008 · b. Ithaca · d. Claremont
United States
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Biography
David Foster Wallace was an American writer and professor who published novels, short stories, and essays. He is best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, which Time magazine named one of the 100 best English-language novels published from 1923 to 2005. In 2008, David Ulin wrote for the Los Angeles Times that Wallace was "one of the most influential and innovative writers of the last twenty years".
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Awards
- Q137884378 (2016)No list
- Lannan Literary Awards (1996)No list
- Whiting Awards (1987)No list
- MacArthur Fellows ProgramNo list
Notable Works
- Infinite Jest
- Everything and More
- The Pale King
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
- Girl with Curious Hair
- The Broom of the System
- Oblivion: Stories
- A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Education
- Harvard University
- Amherst College — Bachelor of Arts
- Urbana High School
- University of Arizona — Master of Fine Arts
