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  1. David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and university professor of English and creative writing. Wallace's 1996 novel Infinite Jest was cited by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. [1]

  2. Sep 15, 2008 · David Foster Wallace, whose prodigiously observant, exuberantly plotted, grammatically and etymologically challenging, philosophically probing and culturally hyper-contemporary novels, stories...

  3. Apr 30, 2024 · David Foster Wallace (born February 21, 1962, Ithaca, New York, U.S.—died September 12, 2008, Claremont, California) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist whose dense works provide a dark, often satirical analysis of American culture.

  4. Sep 2, 2012 · When writer David Foster Wallace committed suicide in 2008 at the age of 46, U.S. literature lost one of its most influential living writers. The definitive account of...

  5. Infinite Jest is a 1996 novel by American writer David Foster Wallace. Categorized as an encyclopedic novel, Infinite Jest is featured in Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005.

  6. Jul 27, 2022 · David Foster Wallaces Final Attempt to Make Art Moral. In a late work, Wallace captured the appeal—and the impossibility—of the literature that he hoped to create. By Jon Baskin. July 27,...

  7. David Foster Wallace worked surprising turns on nearly everything: novels, journalism, vacation. His life was an information hunt, collecting hows and whys.

  8. Feb 1, 2016 · David Foster Wallace understood the paradox of ­attempting to write fiction that spoke to posterity and a contemporary audience simultaneously, with equal force.

  9. Sep 17, 2008 · David Foster Wallace. David Foster Wallace, who died on September 12th, at the age of forty-six, was in many ways a writer of his time. “Infinite Jest,” a 1,079-page literary manifesto...

  10. David Foster Wallace Books. The official David Foster Wallace website featuring a listing of his books along audio clips and information about his newest title, THE PALE KING.

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