Tom Wolfe
American author and journalist (1930-2018) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 88
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. 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.
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Brian De Palma Directed The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Philip Kaufman Directed The Right Stuff (1983)
Richard Belzer Produced The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Irwin Winkler Produced The Right Stuff (1983)
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Lamont Johnson Directed The Last American Hero (1973)
Robert Chartoff Produced The Right Stuff (1983)
Jon Peters Produced The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Peter Guber Produced The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
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Much of Wolfe's work is satirical and centers on the counterculture of the 1960s and issues related to class, social status, and the lifestyles of the economic and intellectual elites of New York City.
