The Resume

(February 21, 1962-September 12, 2008)
Raised in Illinois
Wrote 'The Broom of the System (1987),' 'Girl with Curious Hair (1990),' 'Signifying Rappers (1990),' 'Infinite Jest (1996),' 'A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (1997),' 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1999),' 'Everything and More (2003)' and 'Oblivion (2004)'
Hung himself at 46 (September 12, 2008)

Why he might be annoying:

He is unkempt.
He's usually photographed with a bandana on his head.
He is immodest.
He refers to himself as 'obscenely well educated.'
His writing is self-indulgent to the point of being unreadable.
Many hip literary types praise his most famous novel, 'Infinite Jest,' without having read it themselves.
The book has 1,088 pages, and more than 350 footnotes.
He himself called the book 'caviar for the general literary fiction reader.'

Why he might not be annoying:

His books get wonderful reviews and win prizes.
His writing isn't considered as fashionable as it once was.
He was ridiculed in 'The Onion.'

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [February] (Ranked: 2211962)
• Egg Heads
• Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Books [1983-2008] (Ranked: 66)
• I Attended Amherst College
• I Attended Emerson College
• I Died in 2008 (Ranked: 46)
• Lion Manes
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Durag
• Mental Floss' 25 Most Influential Books of the Past 25 Years [2009] (Ranked: 19)
• Patients at McLean Psychiatric Hospital
• Profiles 11001-11250 (Ranked: 11070)
• Supersized Egos
• Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels [Authors]
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 84.62% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 169 Votes: 62.72% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 62 Votes: 66.13% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 171 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 61 Votes: 73.77% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 129 Votes: 74.42% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 269 Votes: 69.14% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 272 Votes: 68.38% Annoying