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Tobias Wolff
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fiction writer, memoirist (b. 1945)
OverviewAI-generated
Tobias Wolff is an American novelist, writer, autobiographer, and screenwriter born on 19 June 1945 in Birmingham. He was educated at Stanford University and Hertford College, and was employed at Syracuse University and Stanford University. His field of work spans literature, the short story, the novel, and autobiography, and he was influenced by Guy de Maupassant. He follows Catholicism.
Wolff received the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the PEN/Malamud Award, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His works include Old School.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1945
- Works
- 67
Top works
- The Best American Short Stories 2008
- The Story Prize
- Old School
- Ḥaye ha-yeled ha-zeh
- Winter's Tales 26
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
Known for
- Hemingway — Himself – Writer2021
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1945
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 157
- Total plays
- 1,167
Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff (born June 19, 1945) is an American author. He is known for his memoirs, particularly This Boy's Life (1989), and his short stories. He has also written two novels. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tobias+Wolff">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,877x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,620x
- Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,970x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,790x
- SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor
· 2020 · cited 17,427x
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Key facts
- Born
- Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff , ( 1945-06-19 ) June 19, 1945 (age 80) , Birmingham, Alabama , U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer
- Alma mater
- Hertford College, Oxford ( BA ), Stanford University ( MA )
- Genre
- Memoir , short story, novel
- Spouse
- Catherine Dolores Spohn (m. 1975; 3 children)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tobias
- Family name
- Wolff
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Birmingham
- Occupation
- academic
- Educated at
- Hertford College
- Employer
- Stanford University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Award
- PEN/Malamud Award
- Field of work
- autobiography
- Official website
- profiles.stanford.edu/tobias-wolff
- Image
- TobiasWolff.jpg
- Work location
- Stanford
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- date of birth
- 1945-06-19
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- influenced by
- Guy de Maupassant
- Commons category
- Tobias Wolff (writer)
- P12749
- Epiplatys singa
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Encyclopedic overview
Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff (born June 19, 1945) is an American short story writer, memoirist, novelist, and teacher of creative writing. He is known for his memoirs, particularly This Boy's Life (1989) and In Pharaoh's Army (1994). He has written four short story collections and two novels including The Barracks Thief (1984), which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Wolff received a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in September 2015.
His academic career began at Syracuse University (1982–1997). Since 1997, he has taught at Stanford University, where he is the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences.
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