Biography
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. 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.
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Awards & recognition
- National Book Award · 2010
- Carl Sandburg Literary Award · 2008
- Jefferson Lecture · 2006
- National Humanities Medal · 2001
- Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award · 1992
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- St. Louis Literary Award · 1990
- Wilbur Cross Medal · 1990
- Dos Passos Prize · 1984
- National Book Award — Nonfiction · 1980
- National Book Award — Fiction · 1998 · nominated
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation · 1984 · nominated
Filmography16 titles
The Simpsons
Bill Cunningham: New York
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
Law & Order True Crime
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Radical Wolfe
The Dick Cavett Show
Salinger
The Daily Show
A Man in Full
Tales of the Rat Fink
The Last American Hero
The Bonfire of the Vanities