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Tobias Wolff

Tobias Wolff was an American novelist, writer, autobiographer, screenwriter, university teacher and academic (born 1945). He was born at Birmingham.

Also recorded as Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff.

Tobias Wolff in brief

Born
1945
Known for
novelist, writer, autobiographer, screenwriter, university teacher, academic and docent
Place of birth
Birmingham
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff. His recorded language was English. His recorded confession was Catholicism.

Career and activity

Tobias Wolff worked in literature, short story, novel and autobiography.

He was employed by Syracuse University and Stanford University. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Letters and Stanford University English Department. He worked at Syracuse and Stanford.

Catalogued works

48 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1574 to 1999. The first 12 are listed here.

In Pharaoh's Army. Hunters in the Snow. Old School. The Barracks Thief. This Boy's Life. Ugly Rumours. Back in the World. The Night in Question. Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories. This Boy's Life: A Memoir. Lailah mesuyam eḥad. The Best American Short Stories 2008.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Tobias Wolff, Raymond Carver. TOBIAS WOLFF ON JOHN L’HEUREUX, A Manner of Being. Wolff, Tobias, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature, 2017.

In detail

Tobias Wolff studied at Stanford University and Hertford College. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is literature, short story and novel. Guy de Maupassant is recorded as an influence.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Syracuse and Stanford. Employment is recorded with Syracuse University and Stanford University. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Works named in the authority record are Old School and This Boy's Life.

Distinctions recorded are PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, Guggenheim Fellowship and PEN/Malamud Award.

Chronology

  1. 1945Tobias Wolff born at Birmingham.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Tobias Wolff”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q495754: Tobias Wolff

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