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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tobias Wolff has received more than 1,161,011 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Tobias Wolff is the 4,795th most popular writer (down from 3,432nd in 2019), the 6,994th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,577th in 2019) and the 564th most popular American Writer.

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  • 45.92

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

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  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tobias Wolff ranks 4,795 out of 5,755. Before him are Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, Constantin von Wurzbach, Alexis, Vikenty Veresaev, Edward Carpenter, and Jean Vautrin. After him are Heðin Brú, Anna Brigadere, Miguel Otero Silva, Tom Robbins, Thea Beckman, and Raghunath Murmu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Tobias Wolff ranks 384. Before him are Lasse Berghagen, Lloyd Kaufman, Burhan Ghalioun, Jozef Moravčík, Katri Helena, and Nikolai Tanayev. After him are Robert T. Bakker, Patrick Malahide, Micky Dolenz, Iccho Itoh, Pakalitha Mosisili, and Rainer Brüderle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tobias Wolff ranks 6,994 out of 18,182. Before him are Rocky Carroll (1963), Henry B. Walthall (1878), Adrian Pasdar (1965), Marcus Loew (1870), Shane West (1978), and Ragnar Malm (1893). After him are Laura Prepon (1980), Trish Van Devere (1941), Avery Brooks (1948), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), Margaret E. Knight (1838), and Leonard Warren (1911).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Tobias Wolff ranks 564. Before him are Warren Farrell (1943), Jeffrey Eugenides (1960), Kathy Acker (1947), David E. Kelley (1956), John Varley (1947), and Robert Greene (1959). After him are Tom Robbins (1932), Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), Archibald MacLeish (1892), Jack Finney (1911), Ernest Lehman (1915), and Robert Lowell (1917).

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