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Thomas Wolfe

1900 - 1938

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Thomas Clayton Wolfe (October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938) was an American novelist and short story writer. He is known largely for his first novel, Look Homeward, Angel (1929), and for the short fiction that appeared during the last years of his life. He was one of the pioneers of autobiographical fiction, and along with William Faulkner, he is considered one of the most important authors of the Southern Renaissance within the American literary canon. He has been dubbed "North Carolina's most famous writer". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Wolfe is the 996th most popular writer (down from 918th in 2019), the 1,389th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,028th in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Writer.

Thomas Wolfe is most famous for his autobiographical novel, "Look Homeward, Angel."

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Among writers, Thomas Wolfe ranks 996 out of 7,302. Before him are Hartmann von Aue, Sherwood Anderson, Joachim du Bellay, Ghassan Kanafani, Vasily Zhukovsky, and Branislav Nušić. After him are Wilbur Smith, John Grisham, Joost van den Vondel, Aziz Nesin, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, and Andrew of Crete.

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Among people born in 1900, Thomas Wolfe ranks 53. Before him are Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Julien Green, Zelda Fitzgerald, Edith Frank, Pridi Banomyong, and Pedro Cea. After him are Howard H. Aiken, Jean Negulesco, Raphael Lemkin, Mária Telkes, Charley Paddock, and Maurice Thorez. Among people deceased in 1938, Thomas Wolfe ranks 39. Before him are Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Marianne von Werefkin, John Flanagan, Feodor Chaliapin, Otto Bauer, and Branislav Nušić. After him are Nikolai Kondratiev, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, and Ernst Barlach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Wolfe ranks 1,389 out of 20,380. Before him are Bugsy Siegel (1906), Asher Brown Durand (1796), Charlie Munger (1924), Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), Sherwood Anderson (1876), and Paul Bremer (1941). After him are Butch Cassidy (1866), George Davis Snell (1903), Ash Carter (1954), Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967), Edna Purviance (1895), and Leo Fender (1909).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Thomas Wolfe ranks 111. Before him are John Updike (1932), John Fante (1909), Cormac McCarthy (1933), Ambrose Bierce (1842), Raymond Carver (1938), and Sherwood Anderson (1876). After him are John Grisham (1955), Nellie Bly (1864), Ed Bradley (1941), Dalton Trumbo (1905), Eleanor H. Porter (1868), and Mary Higgins Clark (1927).

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