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May 14, 2018 (87 years old)
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Pisces
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Tom Wolfe
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. is an American author and journalist widely known for his association with the New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary techniques. Wolfe began his career as a regional newspaper correspondent in the 1950s, gaining national popularity in the 1960s after publishing bestsellers like Kool Acid Test. -Aid Power and two collections of articles and essays, Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing Flak Catchers and The Kandy- Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. In 1979, he published the influential book The Right Stuff on Astronauts on Mercury Seven, made into a 1983 film of the same name directed by Philip Kaufman. His first novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities, published in 1987, was to critical acclaim and also became a commercial success. It was adapted in a film of the same name directed by Brian De Palma.
BornThomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr, March 2, 1930, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
DiedMay 14, 2018, New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationJournalist, author
EducationWashington and Lee University (BA), Yale University (PhD)
Period1959–2016
Literary movementNew Journalism
SpouseSheila Berger Wolfe
Children2

About Tom Wolfe

Journalist Tom Wolfe was born on March 2, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia, United States (He dies at the age of 87, on May 14, 2018).

In the 1960s, he was a prominent American journalist and novelist who led the New Journalism movement. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and the article Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers are two of his best-selling publications.

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Tom Wolfe before becoming famous

Tom Wolfe was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1931 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Goat (羊).

He was the student body president and played baseball in high school.

Achievement of Tom Wolfe

In 1987, he published his first novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities. The book was made into a film with the same title.

Tom Wolfe's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

With his wife Sheila, he has a daughter and a son.

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The Right Stuff, based on one of his works, was adapted into a film directed by Director Philip Kaufman in 1983.

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Tom Wolfe Income & Net worth

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