Updated Feb 20, 2026
Details
Birthday
(Wednesday)
Died
Birthplace
Nationality
Languages
English
Parents
James D. Wallace
Education
Amherst College, Harvard University, University of Arizona, Urbana High School
Zodiac Sign
♓ Pisces
Chinese Zodiac
虎 Tiger
Name Origin
English < Biblical Hebrew (דּוד)
Popularity
Tier B -- 98,897 Wikipedia views/month
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Year context
Born in 1962 -- Cuban Missile Crisis brings world to brink of nuclear war; John F. Kennedy was US president
Year 1962 →
Zodiac
Year of the Tiger, sign of Pisces
AWARDS (4)
B
Lannan Literary Awards
WON
B
MacArthur Fellows Program
WON
B
Q137884378
WON
B
Whiting Awards
WON
Biography
David Foster Wallace was an American writer and professor who published novels, short stories, and essays. He is best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, which Time magazine named one of the 100 best English-language novels published from 1923 to 2005. In 2008, David Ulin wrote for the Los Angeles Times that Wallace was "one of the most influential and innovative writers of the last twenty years".
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David Foster Wallace was born on and passed away on at the age of 46.
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David Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca.
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