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Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. (March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018) [a] was an American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary techniques.
May 10, 2024 · Tom Wolfe (born March 2, 1930, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.—died May 14, 2018, New York, New York) was an American novelist, journalist, and social commentator who was a leading critic of contemporary life and a proponent of New Journalism (the application of fiction-writing techniques to journalism).
May 15, 2018 · Tom Wolfe, who died Tuesday in New York at the age of 87, leaves behind him an impressive legacy of work: essays, criticism, longform reporting, and fiction. Here are five essential books you...
May 15, 2018 · NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Wolfe, the white-suited wizard of “New Journalism” who exuberantly chronicled American culture from the Merry Pranksters through the space race before turning his satiric wit to such novels as “The Bonfire of the Vanities” and “A Man in Full,” has died. He was 88.
May 15, 2018 · Tom Wolfe, who died Monday, was—as even those of us who did not share his politics and often deplored his taste and even doubted the fashion wisdom of all the white suits have to admit—one of the...
May 15, 2018 · T he novelist and journalist Tom Wolfe, who died on Monday at age 88, will be remembered for his impact on the development of the New Journalism, his inimitable — though oft-imitated — writing...
May 15, 2018 · In a career that spanned more than half a century, Tom Wolfe wrote fiction and nonfiction best-sellers including The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and The Bonfire of the Vanities.
May 15, 2018 · Wolfe, who died on Monday at 88, was a breaker of journalistic conventions at a time when American society was breaking many of its own, and his was a style other writers liked to imitate...
May 15, 2018 · Tom Wolfe, Best-Selling Author And Genre-Breaking Journalist, Dies At 88. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Tom Wolfe created unforgettable stories about test pilots and hippies, bikers and the lost...
May 15, 2018 · Tom Wolfe was a literary innovator who reimagined non-fiction. Wolfe, whose journalism was elevated by immersion, vivid characterisation and an array of irregular perspectives, has...
