Tom Wolfe
American author and journalist (1930–2018).
The record
Tom Wolfe was an American author and journalist. Born on 2 March 1930 in Richmond, Wolfe died on 14 May 2018 in New York City at the age of 88.
Notable works include The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff and A Man in Full. Wolfe studied at Yale University and Washington and Lee University. Honours include National Book Award for Nonfiction, Dos Passos Prize and St. Louis Literary Award, among 9 recorded.
With a Wikipedia article in 50 languages, Tom Wolfe is No. 7,641 in the People and Position Index.
- Born
- 2 March 1930, Richmond
- Died
- 14 May 2018, New York City (aged 88)
- Country
- United States
- Known as
- Journalist, novelist, reporter
- Field
- Literature
- Party
- Republican Party
- Education
- Yale University, Washington and Lee University
- Languages
- English
- Children
- 1
- Wikipedia editions
- 50
Did you know
Lived to 88.
Shares a birthday with Mikhail Gorbachev and Pius XII.
One of 36 people in the Index born in Richmond, with Shirley MacLaine.
Has a Wikipedia article in 50 languages.
Computed from the Index and Wikidata.
Connections
- ChildAlexandra Wolfe
Honours and works
Awards
- National Book Award for Nonfiction1980
- Dos Passos Prize1984
- St. Louis Literary Award1990
- Wilbur Cross Medal1990
- Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award1992
- National Humanities Medal2001
- Jefferson Lecture2006
- Carl Sandburg Literary Award2008
- National Book Award2010
Notable works
- The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
- The Right Stuff
- A Man in Full
- Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers
- The Bonfire of the Vanities
- Back to Blood
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- Wikidata Q216195 (facts, CC0)
- Wikimedia pageviews API (popularity)