Who will talk about Thomas Wolfe?

Thomas Wolfe was born on October 3, 1900, in the mountain town of Asheville, North Carolina. His father, William Oliver Wolf, came from the northern state of Pennsylvania. He was a descendant of Dutch immigrants, a tombstone carver, and a heavy drinker. His mother, Julia Elizabeth Westall, was a local, descendant of Scottish immigrants, and worked as a book salesman and teacher.

Wolf was the youngest of six surviving children. He began attending local private schools at the age of eleven, attended North State High School in Asheville at the age of thirteen, and was admitted to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at the age of fifteen, becoming the most highly educated person in his family. While at school, Wolf served as editor of the school newspaper and wrote two plays, which were performed by the student drama club and played the leading role. After graduation, he went to Harvard University to study drama under George Pierce Becker. He completed a master's degree in liberal arts in two years and experimented in Studio 47 for one year. He received his master's degree in 1922, the same year his father died.

Since 1924, Wolfe taught English at New York University's Washington Square College, on and off for six years, while writing novels and traveling to Europe several times. In August 1925, he met Arlene Burstein, a theater costume designer, and the two began a vigorous love affair. In 1930, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship with the help of publisher Perkins, and then resigned from teaching to focus on writing. During a trip, Wolfe contracted pneumonia and died on September 15, 1938.