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Tobias Wolff

1945 - Today

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Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff (born June 19, 1945) 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). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tobias Wolff is the 4,221st most popular writer (up from 4,678th in 2019), the 6,244th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,339th in 2019) and the 475th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Tobias Wolff ranks 4,221 out of 7,302. Before him are Sofia Yablonska, Isidore Isou, Camille Lemonnier, Daniel Varoujan, Ruth Westheimer, and Ida B. Wells. After him are Florbela Espanca, Christiane Rochefort, Félicien Marceau, Álvaro Cunqueiro, Robert Ettinger, and Friedebert Tuglas.

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Among people born in 1945, Tobias Wolff ranks 372. Before him are Marino Basso, Liu Yandong, Tony Williams, Jorge Serrano Elías, Brian McGuire, and Vesa-Matti Loiri. After him are Jozef Moravčík, Fuad Muzurović, Nikolai Tanayev, Tommy Svensson, Huell Howser, and Francisco Rodríguez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tobias Wolff ranks 6,245 out of 20,380. Before him are Maurice Costello (1877), Steve Clark (1943), Frank Wykoff (1909), Anita Bryant (1940), Kevin Schwantz (1964), and Ida B. Wells (1862). After him are Jason Becker (1969), Kim Manners (1951), John Hopcroft (1939), Ron Silver (1946), Dorothy Stang (1931), and Bessie Coleman (1892).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tobias Wolff ranks 475. Before him are Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), James Redfield (1950), Theodore Roszak (1933), Francis Davis Millet (1848), Thomas Berger (1924), and Ida B. Wells (1862). After him are Robert Ettinger (1918), Glen A. Larson (1937), Marilynne Robinson (1943), Anne Tyler (1941), Pauline Kael (1919), and William Gaddis (1922).

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