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  2. David Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca, New York, to Sally Jean Wallace ( née Foster) and James Donald Wallace. [4] The family moved to Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, where he was raised along with his younger sister, Amy Wallace-Havens. [5] His father was a philosophy professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. [6]

  3. David Foster Wallace was born on February 21, 1962 in Ithaca, New York, USA. His father James Donald Wallace is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Illinois while his mother Sally Jean née Foster was a professor of English at Parkland College, Champaign.

  4. David Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca, New York, but was raised in Urbana, Illinois. The son of two academics, his father, James Donald Wallace, was a philosophy professor at the University of Illinois, while his mother, Mary Jean Foster, was an English professor at Parkland College.

  5. Aug 29, 2012 · David Foster Wallace—the experimental novelist who grew up in Illinois; who wrote Infinite Jest, which established him as the most influential author of his generation; and who committed suicide...

  6. Apr 30, 2024 · David Foster Wallace (born February 21, 1962, Ithaca, New York, U.S.—died September 12, 2008, Claremont, California) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist whose dense works provide a dark, often satirical analysis of American culture.

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  7. Sep 2, 2012 · Purchase. When writer David Foster Wallace committed suicide in 2008 at the age of 46, U.S. literature lost one of its most influential living writers. The definitive account of Wallace's life and ...

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › David_FosterDavid Foster - Wikipedia

    Early life and career. Foster was born in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of Maurice "Maury" Foster, an office worker, and Eleanor May Foster (née Vantreight), a homemaker. [5] [6] [7] In 1963, at the age of 13, he enrolled in the University of Washington music program. [8] .