US: David Foster Wallace, the writer best known for his critically acclaimed 1996 novel Infinite Jestwas found dead at his home in Claremont, California, police said.
The Claremont Police Department said Wallace's wife called them on Friday night, saying she had returned home to find that her 46-year-old husband had hanged himself.
Wallace, who taught creative writing at Pomona College, gained prominence with Infinite Jest, named by Timemagazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.
The novel, which runs to over 1,000 pages and takes place in a drug rehabilitation centre and an elite tennis academy, won acclaim from Timefor its "painfully funny dialogue and Wallace's endlessly rich ruminations and speculations on addiction, entertainment, art, life and, of course, tennis".
Wallace's other works include short story collections Girl with Curious Hairand Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, and his collection of essays A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. - (Reuters)