Tobias Wolff
Tobias Wolff (b. June 19, 1945) is an American author. As of 2004, he 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.
Wolff attended The Hill School and has a B.A. from Oxford University and an M.A. from Stanford University.
His memoir This Boy's Life was adapted into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro and Ellen Barkin.
Partial Bibliography
- Ugly Rumours (1975), a novel
- In the Garden of the North American Martyrs (1981), a collection of short stories
- Back in the World (1985), a collection of short stories
- This Boy's Life (1989), a memoir, later made into a film.
- The Barracks Thief (1990), a novella
- Best American Short Stories (1994), editor
- The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories (1994), editor
- In Pharaoh's Army (1994), a memoir about his experiences as a soldier in the Vietnam War
- The Night in Question (1997), a collection of short stories
- Old School (2003), a memoir about his experiences attending an elite boarding school
External Links
- Tobias Wolff, Faculty Bio from the Stanford Creative Writing Program