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Also Known As	Thomas Clayton Wolfe
Born	October 3, 1900 • Asheville • North Carolina
Died	September 15, 1938 (aged 37) • Baltimore • Maryland
Notable Works	“Look Homeward, Angel” • “Of Time and the River” • “The Story of a Novel” • “The Web and the Rock” • “You Can’t Go Home Again”

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