David Foster Wallace was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and professor of English and creative writing. Wallace is widely known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, which was cited by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to ...
MacArthur Fellowship, Whiting Awards, Lannan Literary Award for Fiction
Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Fiction
Movies
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
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Trademark
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His long hair
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Fact
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His novel 'The Pale King' was unfinished at the time of his death.
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Had been suffering from severe depression for 20 years when he died. His depression got so severe in the last months of his life that he attempted electro shock treatment to help it.
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In 1997 received a grant from the MacArthur Foundation (the so-called "genius grants").
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Taught creative writing and English at Pomona College (Claremont, California) from 2002 until his death.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Rescue
2014/IV
Short original story
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009
story collection
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Heart of a Dog
2015
Documentary special thanks
UCB Comedy Originals
2014
TV Series special thanks - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Charlie Rose
1996-1997
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kulturzeit
2012
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) as Writer
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