RIP David Foster Wallace (February 1962 – September 2008)

The NYT reports:
“David Foster Wallace, whose darkly ironic novels, essays and short stories garnered him a large following and made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, was found dead in his California home on Friday, after apparently committing suicide, the authorities said.
“Mr. Wallace, 46, best known for his sprawling 1,079-page novel […]

Filed under: literary obits, obituaries, postmodern on September 14th, 2008 | No Comments »

RIP Elizabeth Hardwick, 27 July 1916 - 2 Dec. 2007

The NYT reports that Elizabeth Hardwick, “the critic, essayist, fiction writer and co-founder of The New York Review of Books, who went from being a studious Southern Belle to a glittering member of the New York City intellectual elite, died Sunday night [2 Dec.] in Manhattan. She was 91.” Lengthy obituary.

Filed under: literary obits on December 5th, 2007 | No Comments »