Editing Thomas Wolfe (section)

==Legacy==
Southerner and Harvard historian David Herbert Donald's biography of Wolfe, ''Look Homeward'', won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography|Pulitzer Prize for Biography]] in 1988.

Wolfe inspired the works of many other authors, including [[Betty Smith]] with ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel)|A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]'', [[Robert Morgan (poet)|Robert Morgan]], author of ''[[Gap Creek]]'', and ''[[Prince of Tides]]'' author [[Pat Conroy]], who has said "My writing career began the instant I finished ''Look Homeward, Angel''."<ref name="morgan wolfe"/><ref name="mitchell 334"/><ref name="betty smith">{{cite web | title = 1943 Publication of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn: Betty Smith and Harper & Brothers | work = NJIT | url = http://web.njit.edu/~cjohnson/tree/pub/pub.htm | access-date = November 10, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160828082433/https://web.njit.edu/~cjohnson/tree/pub/pub.htm | archive-date = August 28, 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref> [[Jack Kerouac]] idolized Wolfe.<ref name="city lights">{{cite web | title = The Town and the City | work = City Lights Bookstore & Publishers | url = http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100698400 | access-date = November 11, 2009 | archive-date = June 13, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110613172019/http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100698400 | url-status = dead }}</ref> [[Ray Bradbury]] was influenced by Wolfe, and included him as a character in his books.<ref name="bradbury">{{cite book | title =  Ray Bradbury: A Critical Companion | last = Reid | first = Robin Anne | year = 2000 | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group | isbn =0-313-30901-9 | page = 11 }}</ref> [[Earl Hamner, Jr.]], who created the popular television series ''[[The Waltons]]'', idolized Wolfe in his youth.<ref>{{cite web | title =  Earl Hamner Jr., Creator of 'The Waltons', Dies at 92 | work = The Hollywood Reporter | date = March 24, 2016 | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/earl-hamner-jr-dead-waltons-878287 | access-date = March 25, 2016 }}</ref>

[[Hunter S. Thompson]] credits Wolfe for his famous phrase "Fear and Loathing" (on page 62 of ''[[The Web and the Rock]]'').<ref>{{cite news | first=Joe | last=Klein | title=Forever Weird | date=November 18, 2007| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/books/review/Klein-t.html | work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>