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Tobias Wolff
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fiction writer, memoirist (b. 1945)
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Tobias Wolff is an American novelist, writer, autobiographer, and screenwriter born in Birmingham in 1945. He has worked at Syracuse University and Stanford University and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His professional focus includes literature, short stories, novels, and autobiographies, and he writes in English.
Wolff’s notable works include *Old School*, *Winter’s Tales*, and *The Story Prize*. He has received the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the PEN/Malamud Award. He was educated at Stanford University and Hertford College and is influenced by Guy de Maupassant. Wolff identifies with Catholicism.
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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
Known for
- Hemingway — Himself – Writer2021
via TMDB
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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