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Tom Wolfe
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American author and journalist (1930–2018)
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Tom Wolfe (born Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. in 1930) was an American journalist, novelist, reporter, and essayist. A prominent figure in the New Journalism movement, he authored notable works including *The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test* and *The Bonfire of the Vanities*. He was educated at Yale University and Washington and Lee University, and his writing was influenced by authors such as Émile Zola, Ernest Hemingway, Evelyn Waugh, and Charles Dickens.
Wolfe received several awards, including the National Humanities Medal, the Dos Passos Prize, the Jefferson Lecture, and the National Book Award. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. An atheist who spoke English, he was affiliated with the Republican Party. He resided in Virginia and New York City, working in Washington, D.C., and New York City. Tom Wolfe died in New York City on May 14, 2018.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1931
- Died
- 2018
- Works
- 196
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
- Short Stories from the New Yorker
- The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
- Words of Ages
- Bonfire of the Vanities
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Film & TV
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
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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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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
- Field of work
- opinion journalism
- Movement
- New Journalism
- Official website
- www.tomwolfe.com
- Image
- Wolfe at White House.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
- Residence
- New York City
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- Commons category
- Tom Wolfe
- date of birth
- 1930-03-02
- topic's main category
- Category:Tom Wolfe
- influenced by
- Norman Mailer
- date of death
- 2018-05-14
- birth name
- Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr.
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- name in native language
- Tom Wolfe
- has written for
- The Atlantic
- writing language
- English language
- place of burial
- Hollywood Cemetery
- archives at
- New York Public Library Main Branch
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Encyclopedic overview
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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