‘‘Infinite Jest’’ and '' A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again'' author’s body found at his home, police tell the Associated Press
David Foster Wallace, author of the acclaimed novelInfinite Jestand the nonfiction collectionA Supposedly Fun Thing Ill Never Do Again, was found dead in his home Friday night.
Wallaces wife found her husband had hanged himself, according to theAssociated Press, citing a records clerk with the Claremont, Calif., police.
Infinite Jestbecame a literary sensation in 1996, nine years after Wallace published his first novel,The Broom of the System.
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He followed that withSupposedly Fun Thing, which earned a place on EWs list of the best books of the past 25 years in June 2008 (we called the collection virtuosic, singling out its blistering title essay about taking a Caribbean cruise).
John Krasinski, costar ofThe Office, wrote and is directing a film adaptation of Wallaces short-story collectionBrief Interviews With Hideous Men.
His byline was familiar to magazine readers as well, with his short stories and essays appearing in theNew Yorker, Esquire, GQ, Premiere, and more.
Wallace received a genius grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 1997, and was a tenured professor of English and creative writing at Pomona College, a position he accepted in 2002.
To post your own thoughts, read ourPopWatch tributeto Wallace, and check back at EW.com for more details as they become available.
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David Foster Wallace reads atHarpers150th Anniversary (May 25, 2000):
Around the Web:A transcription of David Foster Wallaces 2005Kenyon Commencement Address(May 21, 2005)Links to David Foster Wallace essays at theEmdashesblog
