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'''David Foster Wallace''' (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was a professor at [[Pomona College]] in Claremont, [[California]] and [[novelist]] for fiction. He is perhaps best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, which was named on [[Time Magazine]] in its 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. | '''David Foster Wallace''' (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was a professor at [[Pomona College]] in Claremont, [[California]] and [[novelist]] for fiction. He is perhaps best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, which was named on [[Time Magazine]] in its 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. | ||
| − | Born in Ithaca, [[New York]], Wallace was a [[tennis]] player and majored in [[English]] and philosophy. Aside from writting novels, he wrote short storys in [[Magazine]]'s such as Playboy, The Paris Review, The New Yorker and others. Wallace has written some nonfiction. He covered [[Senator]] [[John McCain]]'s 2000 [[President]]ial [[campaign]] and the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] for [[Rolling Stone]]. A [[liberal]], he has been a critic of the [[United States]] and [[War on Terrorism]]. In the November 2007 issue of The | + | Born in Ithaca, [[New York]], Wallace was a [[tennis]] player and majored in [[English]] and philosophy. Aside from writting novels, he wrote short storys in [[Magazine]]'s such as Playboy, The Paris Review, The New Yorker and others. Wallace has written some nonfiction. He covered [[Senator]] [[John McCain]]'s 2000 [[President]]ial [[campaign]] and the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] for [[Rolling Stone]]. A [[liberal]], he has been a critic of the [[United States]] and [[War on Terrorism]]. In the November 2007 issue of The Atlantic, he said "Have we become so selfish and scared that we don't even want to consider whether some things trump safety?" |
Wallace committed [[suicide]] by hanging on Friday, September 12, 2008 at age 46 because of depression. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/books/15wallace.html?_r=1&em&oref=slogin</ref> | Wallace committed [[suicide]] by hanging on Friday, September 12, 2008 at age 46 because of depression. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/books/15wallace.html?_r=1&em&oref=slogin</ref> | ||
Revision as of 02:43, September 16, 2008
David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California and novelist for fiction. He is perhaps best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, which was named on Time Magazine in its 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.
Born in Ithaca, New York, Wallace was a tennis player and majored in English and philosophy. Aside from writting novels, he wrote short storys in Magazine's such as Playboy, The Paris Review, The New Yorker and others. Wallace has written some nonfiction. He covered Senator John McCain's 2000 Presidential campaign and the September 11, 2001 attacks for Rolling Stone. A liberal, he has been a critic of the United States and War on Terrorism. In the November 2007 issue of The Atlantic, he said "Have we become so selfish and scared that we don't even want to consider whether some things trump safety?"
Wallace committed suicide by hanging on Friday, September 12, 2008 at age 46 because of depression. [1]
Books
- The Broom of the System (1987)
- Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race In the Urban Present (1990)
- Infinite Jest (1996)
- A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (1997)
- Up, Simba! (2000)
- Everything and More (2003)
- Consider the Lobster (2005)
- McCain's Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express with John McCain and a Whole Bunch of Actual Reporters, Thinking About Hope (2008)
