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Tobias Wolff

Fiction writer, memoirist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1945 · age 81

Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff is an American short story writer, memoirist, novelist, and teacher of creative writing. He is known for his memoirs, particularly This Boy's Life (1989) and In Pharaoh's Army (1994).

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PEN/Malamud Award2006
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction1985
Guggenheim Fellowship

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He has written four short story collections and two novels including The Barracks Thief (1984), which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Wolff received a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in September 2015.

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Born 1945 · age 81

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