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Tobias Wolff
(b.1945)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.
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.
Awards: PEN (2006) see all
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
Collections
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)
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)
Anthologies edited
Matters of Life and Death (1983)
Ploughshares Fall 1992 (1992)
The Picador Book of Contemporary American Fiction (1993)
Writers Harvest 3: A Collection of New Fiction (2000)
Best New American Voices 2000 (2000) (with Natalie Danford and John Kulka)
Ploughshares Fall 1992 (1992)
The Picador Book of Contemporary American Fiction (1993)
Writers Harvest 3: A Collection of New Fiction (2000)
Best New American Voices 2000 (2000) (with Natalie Danford and John Kulka)
Series contributed to
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Tobias Wolff
100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (2015)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor
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Don't Erase Me (1997)
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