David Foster Wallace
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David Foster Wallace was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer best known for his encyclopedic, experimental novel "Infinite Jest" and his incisive explorations of contemporary culture, consciousness, and addiction.
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David Foster Wallace
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| awardReceived |
Lannan Literary Award for Fiction
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MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ O. Henry Award ⓘ Whiting Writers' Award ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide by hanging ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1962-02-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2008-09-12 ⓘ |
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Bachelor of Arts in English
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Bachelor of Arts in philosophy ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Amherst College ⓘ |
| employer |
Illinois State University
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Pomona College ⓘ |
| familyName | Wallace ⓘ |
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English literature
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mathematics (informal study) ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| fullName | David Foster Wallace self-link ⓘ |
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essay
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literary fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary American fiction writers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Don DeLillo
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Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ Thomas Pynchon ⓘ |
| knownFor |
encyclopedic, footnote-heavy narrative style
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explorations of addiction, entertainment, and contemporary culture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
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post-postmodernism
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postmodernism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men ⓘ Consider the Lobster ⓘ Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity ⓘ Girl with Curious Hair ⓘ Infinite Jest ⓘ The Pale King ⓘ This Is Water ⓘ |
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essayist
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novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ithaca, New York, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Claremont, California
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| positionHeld | professor of English ⓘ |
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1996
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2009 ⓘ 2011 ⓘ |
| religion | raised in a nominally Christian environment ⓘ |
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Bloomington, Illinois
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| spouse | Karen L. Green ⓘ |
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Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story
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The End of the Tour ⓘ |
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
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Consider the Lobster
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Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity
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Girl with Curious Hair
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Infinite Jest
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The Pale King
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This Is Water