Journalist Tom Wolfe

Tom Wolfe

Living place: Richmond

Birthday: 2-3-1931 (93 years old)

Population of US 1931: 124,039,648

Global rank: #47388

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Who is Journalist Tom Wolfe?
Thomas Kennerly "Tom" Wolfe, Jr. is an American journalist and writer known to have had a great influence on new literary movements Journalism in the 60s. Besides, he was also the author of a book that sold Best-selling The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and author of the novel “The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby” - a debut novel by He published it in 1987 and has received acclaim from the community adapted into a feature-length film directed by Brian De Palma.Transparent In his career as a journalist, he has received many awards in it must include:

  • Awards National Book for the non-fiction book "The Right Stuff" in 1980.
  • Medals National Humanities Award in 2001
  • Academy . Award of Achievement Golden Plate” for achievements in journalism
 
 

Young / Before famous

Since childhood, Wolfe attended St. Christopher's School in Richmond, Virginia where he was the student council president, editor of the school newspaper and an outstanding baseball player. After graduating in 1949, he declined admission to Princeton University to attend Washington and Lee University where he majored in English literature. In college, he was appointed editor of sports entries in the college press and also helped establish the university's literary magazine “Shenandoah”. In 1951 he graduated with honors, he continued to try his hand at his favorite baseball game and began playing at a semi-professional level while at the school and left the baseball team in 1952; He then went on to study at Yale University in the US and obtained a Ph. He began his career at a newspaper in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1956 as a reporter for "The Republican". He then left “TheRepublican” to join the Washington Post in 1959. For his writings on the Cuban revolution, he won the “Washington Newspaper Guild” award for foreign news reporting. ” in 1961. In 1962, Wolfe left Washington for New York City and worked as a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune. The article “Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-FlakeStreamline Baby” that Wolfe wrote was widely published and widely discussed. Agreed and loved this article of his, he later published his first book of the same name, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, representing the pioneering innovation in journalism. Even when mixing literary techniques with traditional ideals, so many journalists and essayists later use this style of writing.

Family life info

Wolfe was born into a family of a landscape designer father – Louise and mother Thomas Wolfe Kennerly, Sr an agronomist. English
and his wife got married in 1978 and have two children, Alexandra and
Thomas. Currently, he is living with his family in New York City

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When was Journalist Tom Wolfe born?
Tom Wolfe birthday 2-3-1931 (at the age of 93).
Where is Journalist Tom Wolfe's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Tom Wolfe was born in Richmond, Virginia- United States. Mr, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. Tom Wolfe's global rank is 47388 and whose rank is 185 in list of famous Journalist. Population of US in 1931 is about 124,039,648 persons.
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Events in 1931 and 2-3

Events in US in the birth year of Tom Wolfe

  • Gangster Al Capone sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion (freed in 1939; dies in 1947).
  • Scottsboro trial begins, exposing depth of Southern racism.
  • “The Star Spangled Banner” officially becomes national anthem. Background: Francis Scott Key

Birthday Tom Wolfe (2-3) in history

  • Day 2-3 year 1836: Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
  • Day 2-3 year 1877: Rutherford B. Hayes was declared president by a U.S. electoral commission since the original result was too close to call. He was the only president elected this way.
  • Day 2-3 year 1917: Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans gained American citizenship.
  • Day 2-3 year 1923: The first issue of Henry Luce's TIME magazine appeared on newsstands.
  • Day 2-3 year 1933: King Kong, starring Fay Wray, premiered in New York City.
  • Day 2-3 year 1949: Captain James Gallagher completed the first non-stop around the world flight. He completed the 23,452-mile journey in 94 hours, 1 minute.
  • Day 2-3 year 1956: Morocco gained independence from France.
  • Day 2-3 year 1962: Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scored an NBA-record 100 points in a basketball game.
  • Day 2-3 year 2001: The Taliban began the destruction of ancient Buddha statues in Afghanistan.
  • Day 2-3 year 2008: Dmitri A. Medvedev, a former aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin who has never held elected office, won the Russian presidential election in a landslide. Putin remained in a position of power, serving as Medvedev's prime minister.
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