Look Homeward, Angel

Author Bio: Thomas Wolfe

Thomas Clayton Wolfe (1900–1938) was an American novelist of the early twentieth century, author of four lengthy novels, plus many short stories, dramatic works, and novellas. He is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodic, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing. His influence extends to the writings of beat generation writer Jack Kerouac and of authors Ray Bradbury and Philip Roth, among others. He remains an important writer in modern American literature, as one of the first masters of autobiographical fiction, and is considered North Carolina’s most famous writer.