Tom Wolfe
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1931
- Died
- 2018
- Works
- 196
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Film & TV
Writing · Richmond, Virginia, USA
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. was an American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary techniques.
Known for
- Radical Wolfe — Self (archive footage)2023
- The Real Right Stuff — Self (archive footage)2020
- Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists — Self2018
- Salinger — Self - Writer2013
- Bill Cunningham New York — Self2011
- Homevideo — Erik2011
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens — Self - Writer (archive footage)2007
- Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show — Self2006
- Tales of the Rat Fink — Tom Wolfe's Car (voice)2006
- The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff' — Self2003
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,996
- Total plays
- 9,311
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- Particle mesh Ewald: An <i>N</i>⋅log(<i>N</i>) method for Ewald sums in large systems
· 1993 · cited 29,125x
- A Global Measure of Perceived Stress
· 1983 · cited 25,145x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 22,708x
- A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate
· 2009 · cited 22,227x
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Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. , ( 1930-03-02 ) March 2, 1930, Richmond, Virginia , U.S.
- Died
- May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14) (aged 88), New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Journalist author
- Education
- Washington and Lee University ( BA ) Yale University ( PhD )
- Period
- 1959–2016
- Literary movement
- New Journalism
- Notable works
- The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (1965) The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968) The Right Stuff (1979) The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987)
- Spouse
- Sheila Berger ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 27 May 1978</span>"}]]}'>1978 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 2 March 1930
- Died
- 14 May 2018
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tom
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Richmond
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
Article
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. (March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018) was an American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary techniques. Much of Wolfe's work is satirical and centers on the counterculture of the 1960s and issues related to class, social status, and the lifestyles of the economic and intellectual elites of New York City.
Wolfe began his career as a regional newspaper reporter in the 1950s, achieving national prominence in the 1960s following the publication of such best-selling books as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (an account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters) and two collections of articles and essays, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby and Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers. In 1979, he published the influential book The Right Stuff about the Mercury Seven astronauts, which was made into a 1983 film of the same name directed by Philip Kaufman.
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