Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff is an American short story writer, memoirist, and novelist. He is known for his memoirs, particularly This Boy's Life and In Pharaoh's Army . He has written two short story collections, including The Barracks Thief , which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Wolff received a National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in September 2015.
Birth: 1945-06-19
Nickname: Tobias Wolff
Occupation: Writer
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