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Tobias Wolff


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Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff is a writer of fiction and nonfiction.

He is best known for his short stories and his memoirs, although he has written two novels.

Wolff is the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, where he has taught classes in English and creative writing since 1997. He also served as the director of the Creative Writing Program at Stanford from 2000 to 2002.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Ugly Rumours (1975)
   Old School (2003)
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Collections
   In the Garden of the North American Martyrs (1981)
   Hunters in the Snow (1982)
   The Barracks Thief (1984)
   Back in the World (1985)
   Collected Stories (1988)
   The Night in Question (1996)
   Ten (1996) (with others)
   Our Story Begins (2008)
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Anthologies edited
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Non fiction show
 
Tobias Wolff recommends
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The Coldest Night (2012)
Robert Olmstead
"Robert Olmstead is an original in the American grain... From the world of his work - muscular and male - he has fashioned a fresh and vital language."
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The Ice Soldier (2005)
Paul Watkins
"Paul Watkins is without question one of the most gifted writers of his generation."
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Don't Erase Me (1997)
Carolyn Ferrell
"A book to celebrate. Each story is a song, the voice tuned to perfection."

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Awards
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Book nominee (1985) : The Barracks Thief
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Book nominee (2004) : Old School


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