Director

Tobias Wolff

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 53809

IMDb ID: nm0938326

Known for: Writing

Place of birth: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1993 - 2021

Years active: 29

Average TMDB rating: 7.1

Wikidata: Q495754

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Novel (1)Short Story (1)

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Biography

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. His academic career began at Syracuse University (1982–1997). Since 1997, he has taught at Stanford University, where he is the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences.