David Foster Wallace (1962–2008)
Auteur de Infinite jest
A propos de l'auteur
Writer David Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca, New York on February 21, 1962. He received a B.A. from Amherst College in Massachusetts. He was working on his master's degree in creative writing at the University of Arizona when he published his debut novel The Broom of the System (1987). Wallace afficher plus published his second novel Infinite Jest (1996) which introduced a cast of characters that included recovering alcoholics, foreign statesmen, residents of a halfway house, and high-school tennis stars. He spent four years researching and writing this novel. His first collection of short stories was Girl with Curious Hair (1989). He also published a nonfiction work titled Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present. He committed suicide on September 12, 2008 at the age of 46 after suffering with bouts of depression for 20 years. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de David Foster Wallace
C'est de l'eau : QUelques pensées, exprimées en une occasion significative, pour vivre sa vie… (2009) — Auteur — 1,509 exemplaires
String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication (2016) 188 exemplaires
Quack This Way: David Foster Wallace & Bryan A. Garner Talk Language and Writing (2013) 97 exemplaires
McCain's Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express with John McCain and a Whole Bunch of Actual Reporters,… (2008) 83 exemplaires
The Review of Contemporary Fiction 1996: The Future of Fiction (1996) — Directeur de publication — 22 exemplaires
"E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction" 11 exemplaires
Infinite Jest: Part I With a Foreword by Dave Eggers 7 exemplaires
Good Old Neon 5 exemplaires
Incarnations of Burned Children 5 exemplaires
Dit is water enkele gedachten over meevoelend leven die werden uitgesproken bij een bijzondere gelegenheid (2023) 4 exemplaires
Good People 3 exemplaires
He ballat breument la conga. 3 exemplaires
Derivative Sport in Tornado Alley 3 exemplaires
Lyndon [novella] 2 exemplaires
Little Expressionless Animals [novella] 2 exemplaires
The Gospel of God Romans 2 exemplaires
Infinite Jest: Part II 2 exemplaires
On His Deathbed, Holding Your Hand 2 exemplaires
Forever Overhead 2 exemplaires
Mister Squishy (in Oblio) 1 exemplaire
Sonora Review 12 (Summer 1987) — Fiction Editor — 1 exemplaire
ISTO É ÁGUA 1 exemplaire
L'anima non è una fucina (in Oblio) 1 exemplaire
Un altro pioniere (in Oblio) 1 exemplaire
Uncollected Works of DFW 1 exemplaire
PROFESOR DAVID FOSTER WALLACE 1 exemplaire
Teoria das cordas 1 exemplaire
La filosofia e lo specchio della natura (in Oblio) 1 exemplaire
Unendlicher Spaß Teil 1 1 exemplaire
John Billy (in La ragazza dai capelli strani) 1 exemplaire
A New Examiner 1 exemplaire
How Tracy Austin Broke My Heart [essay] 1 exemplaire
Remembering David Foster Wallace 1 exemplaire
E' tutto verde (in La ragazza dai capelli strani) 1 exemplaire
Unendlicher Spass Teil 2 1 exemplaire
Unendlicher Spass Teil 3 1 exemplaire
Greatly exaggerated [essay] 1 exemplaire
David Lynch keeps his head [essay] 1 exemplaire
Per fortuna il funzionario commerciale sapeva fare il massaggio cardiaco (in La ragazza dai capelli strani) 1 exemplaire
Il canale del dolore (in Oblio) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
There's No Toilet Paper on the Road Less Traveled: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (1998) — Contributeur — 210 exemplaires
Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present (2007) — Contributeur — 184 exemplaires
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contributeur — 147 exemplaires
Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp and Other Essays from Might Magazine (1998) — Contributeur — 146 exemplaires
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributeur — 132 exemplaires
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Contributeur — 83 exemplaires
The Chaffey Review: Volume 1 (January 2009) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Clarion: Writing at Amherst 1985 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Sonora Review 56 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Sonora Review 13 (Fall 1987) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
The New Yorker, Dec. 14, 2009 — Contributor - Fiction — 1 exemplaire
Thomas Demand: L'Esprit d'Escalier — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1962-02-21
- Date de décès
- 2008-09-12
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Etats-Unis
- Lieu de naissance
- Ithaca, New York, Etats-Unis
- Lieu du décès
- Claremont, Californie, Etats-Unis
- Cause du décès
- suicide
- Lieux de résidence
- Claremont, Californie, Etats-Unis
Ithaca, New York, Etats-Unis
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Etats-Unis
Normal, Illinois, Etats-Unis - Études
- Université d'Arizona, Etats-Unis (MFA, Maîtrise en beaux-arts, Création littéraire, 19 87)
Amherst College, Massachusetts, Etats-Unis (BA ∙ 19 85) - Professions
- Professeur (Ecriture créatice)
Auteur - Organisations
- Pomona College, Claremont, Californie (Professeur, 20 02 | 20 08)
Université d'état de l'Illinois (Professeur, | 20 02) - Prix et distinctions
- MacArthur Fellowship (1997)
Lannan Literary Award (Fiction, 1996)
Whiting Writers' Award (1987)
Membres
Discussions
I Think, Therefore I Jest: EFs recursive IJ reading thread à Infinite Jesters (Décembre 2015)
David Foster Wallace à Legacy Libraries (Août 2015)
Into the heart of America, zenomax's IJ thread. à Infinite Jesters (Janvier 2013)
RSVP Thread for Infinite Jest, Opening the First Page on 01.01.2013 à Infinite Jesters (Janvier 2013)
anna reads IJ à Infinite Jesters (Janvier 2013)
Why you shouldn't read Infinite Jest; or, A Thread for Haters à Infinite Jesters (Janvier 2013)
Year of Beelzebubba singing unforgettable Ethel Merman covers and reading Infinite Jest for the seco à Infinite Jesters (Décembre 2012)
When Art and Infinite Jest Collide à Infinite Jesters (Décembre 2012)
Out-of-the-Blue Question Thread: In which Infinite Jest's Themes are mined obliquely à Infinite Jesters (Décembre 2012)
INFINITE JEST: Its Structure à Infinite Jesters (Novembre 2012)
Looking for a prospective Infinite Jest reader willing to take the plunge à Book talk (Novembre 2010)
Requesting the help of some Infinite Jesters à Book talk (Novembre 2010)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 93
- Aussi par
- 45
- Membres
- 42,185
- Popularité
- #408
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 797
- ISBN
- 449
- Langues
- 18
- Favoris
- 334