Tom Wolfe
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr.
Tom Wolfe, a pioneer of New Journalism and best-selling novelist, was born in Richmond, Virginia.
- Profession
- Author, Journalist
- From
- Richmond, Virginia
- Born
- March 2, 1930
- Years active
- 1965–2018
Early life
Born in Richmond in 1930, Wolfe earned a Ph.D. in American studies from Yale before turning to newspaper reporting.
Career
He helped define New Journalism with works like "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" and "The Right Stuff," then wrote the era-defining novel "The Bonfire of the Vanities."
Major achievements
His stylish, immersive nonfiction reshaped American literary journalism, and "The Right Stuff" won the National Book Award.
Legacy
Wolfe is remembered as one of the most distinctive prose stylists and cultural chroniclers of his time.
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