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    United States portal. v. t. e. 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.

  2. Aug 31, 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).

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  3. 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...

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  4. Oct 8, 2015 · Tom Wolfe is a newspaper journalist without a paper to write for. He would soon turn 33: he was no longer a young man. He had no real savings, and now he had no paycheck.

  5. 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.

  6. May 15, 2018 · Famed American author Tom Wolfe -- who chronicled American power and greed in "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and its reach for the stars in "The Right Stuff" -- died Monday in a Manhattan hospital. He was 88. Wolfe's longtime agent Lynn Nesbit confirmed the writer's death to ABC News.

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  8. 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.

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