Tom Wolfe
Date personale
Nume la na?tere	Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr.
N?scut	2 martie 1930 [5] [6] [7] [8] Richmond , Virginia , SUA [9]
Decedat	14 mai 2018 (88 de ani) [7] [8] [10] New York City , New York , SUA
Copii	Alexandra Wolfe [*] [[ Alexandra Wolfe (author)|​]]
Cet??enie	Statele Unite ale Americii [11] [12]
Religie	ateism
Ocupa?ie	jurnalist romancier [*] ​ reporter [*] ​ eseist autor de non-fic?iune [*] ​ scenarist scriitor prozator [*] ​
Locul desf??ur?rii activit??ii	Washington, D.C. ( 1959 ? 1962 ) New York City
Limbi vorbite	limba englez? [13] [14] [15]
Partid politic	Partidul Republican
Studii	Universitatea Yale Washington and Lee University [*] [[ Washington and Lee University (private liberal arts university in Lexington, Virginia)|​]] St. Christopher's School [*] [[ St. Christopher's School (private college preparatory school for boys located in Richmond, Virginia, United States)|​]] ( 1949 )
Limbi	limba englez?
Mi?care/curent literar	New Journalism [*] [[ New Journalism (Style of journalistic writing)|​]]
Opere semnificative	The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test [*] [[ The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test |​]] The Right Stuff [*] [[ The Right Stuff |​]] A Man in Full [*] [[ A Man in Full |​]] Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers [*] [[ Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers |​]] The Bonfire of the Vanities [*] [[ The Bonfire of the Vanities |​]] Back to Blood [*] [[ Back to Blood |​]]
Influen?e Emile Zola Ernest Hemingway Evelyn Waugh Charles Dickens Hunter S. Thompson Jack Kerouac Ken Kesey Norman Mailer
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Premii	National Humanities Medal [*] [[ National Humanities Medal (American award for contributions to Humanities)|​]] National Book Award [*] [[ National Book Award (United States literary award in four categories)|​]] [1] Dos Passos Prize [*] [[ Dos Passos Prize (annual award to the best currently American writer in the middle of their career)|​]] premio literario de la Universidad de San Luis [*] [[ premio literario de la Universidad de San Luis (American fiction awards)|​]] Jefferson Lecture [*] [[ Jefferson Lecture |​]] Wilbur Cross Medal [*] [[ Wilbur Cross Medal (award for Yale University alumni)|​]] [2] Carl Sandburg Literary Award [*] [[ Carl Sandburg Literary Award (award from Friends of the Chicago Public Library)|​]] [3] National Book Award [*] [[ National Book Award (United States literary award in four categories)|​]] [4]
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A nu se confunda cu scriitorul Thomas Wolfe (1900?1938)

Tom Wolfe (n. 2 martie 1930 , Richmond , Virginia , SUA  ? d. 14 mai 2018 , New York City , New York , SUA ) a fost un autor american. N?scut la Richmond, Tom Wolfe ?i-a desf??urat activitatea de jurnalist ?i eseist la New York . In anii 60, a devenit, al?turi de Norman Mailer , Truman Capote , J. Didion, Hunter S. Thompson, unul dintre creatorii a ceea ce se este cunoscut sub numele de Noul Jurnalism in Statele Unite ale Americii . Reportajele ?i articolele sale prezint? o critic? implicit? a diferitelor aspecte ale societ??ii americane.

?i-a inceput cariera prin scrieri ce se afl? la grani?a dintre jurnalism ?i literatur?, care l-au consacrat publicului in anii 1970.

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