Background
Wolfe, Thomas Kennerly was born on March 2, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Kennerly and Helen (Hughes) Wolfe.
Wolfe, Thomas Kennerly was born on March 2, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Kennerly and Helen (Hughes) Wolfe.
AB, Washington and Lee University, 1951; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Washington and Lee University, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy in American Studies, Yale University, 1957; Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Minneapolis College Art, 1971; Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), School of Visual Arts, 1987; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Virginia Commonwealth U., 1983; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Southampton College (New York), 1984; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Randolph-Macon College, 1988; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Manhattanville College, 1988; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Longwood College, 1989; Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Andrews Presbyterian College, 1990; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Johns Hopkins University, 1990; Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Richmond, 1993.
Reporter, Springfield (Massachusetts) Union, 1956-1959; reporter, Latin American correspondent, Washington Post, 1959-1962; city reporter, New York Herald Tribune, 1962-1966; magazine writer, New York World Journal Tribune, 1966-1967; contributing editor, New York magazine, 1968-1976; contributing editor, Esquire Magazine, New York City, from 1977. Writer New York Sunday Magazine, 1962-1966. Contributing artist Harper's Magazine, New York City, 1978-1981.
The Kandv-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby 1965, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test 1968, The Pump House Gang 1968, Radical Chic and Mau-mauing the Flak Catchers 1970, The New Journalism 1973, The Painted Word 1975, Mauve Gloves and Madmen, Clutter and Vine 1976, The Right Stuff 1979, In Our Time 1980, From Bauhaus to Our House 1981, Bonfire of the Vanities 1987, The New America 1989.
Married Sheila Berger. Children:Alexandra, Thomas.