Howard Wolf

Howard R. Wolf (November 5, 1936, in New York City – October 7, 2023, in Buffalo, NY)^[1]) was an American author, educator and lecturer.

Howard in his office at University at Buffalo

Life and work

Wolf attended the Horace Mann School in New York City before attending Amherst College, where he earned a B.A. in 1959. He earned an M.A. from Columbia University in 1960 and a Ph.D from the University of Michigan in 1967.^[2] He was a full-time professor at the University at Buffalo's English department for 40 years, from 1967 to 2007, then an adjunct professor there until 2010.^[3] Wolf continues to teach a course on travel writing as a part of University at Buffalo's Discovery Seminars Program.^[4]

Wolf is the author of ten books and more than three hundred publications. His work spans literary and social criticism, fiction, memoir, education theory and practice, travel and creative nonfiction.^[5] Amherst College's Archives and Special Collections has been collecting Wolf's work since 1971. The collection includes thousands of submissions, including "literary manuscripts, correspondence, news clippings, ephemera and other materials documenting the professional and personal life of writer, critic and educator Howard R. Wolf."^[6]

Wolf's books have received critical acclaim. His book, The Education of a Teacher, was included in the publication of record, The Call to Reform Liberal Education: Great Books of 1987.^[7] And his short story, "Gardens," was mentioned as a favorite submission in the Spring 2010 issue of Poetica Magazine.^[8]

Wolf is a two-time Fulbright lecturer in Turkey (1983) and South Africa (1998) and lectured for three years at the University of Hong Kong.^[9]

Awards

• 1967 Hopwood Award for Fiction^[10]
• 1983-1984 Fulbright Scholarship, Ankara University, Turkey^[11]
• 1998 Fulbright Scholarship, University of the Free State, South Africa^[12]
• 2007 Emeritus Professor and Senior Fellow, Department of English (UNY-Buffalo)^[13]
• 2007 Senior Academic Visitor (SAV), Wolfson College, Cambridge University, Spring, 2007.^[14]
• 2016 MacDowell Colony Fellow ^[15]

Books

• The Voice Within: Reading and Writing Biography (with Roger J. Porter). Knopf. 1973. ASIN B0006C3VBM.
• Forgive the Father: A Memoir of Changing Generations. New Republic Books. 1978. ISBN 0-915220-44X.
• The Education of a Teacher. Prometheus Books. 1987. ISBN 978-0879753740.
• This is India: Recording Reality Itself. Academic Foundation. 1992. ISBN 978-8171880904.
• The Continuing Education of a Teacher: The Role of Self in Higher Education. Academic Foundation. 1992. ISBN 978-8171880898.
• A Version of Home: Letters from the World : an Autobiographical Journey Through Singapore, Malaysia, India, Greece, and Turkey. Academic Foundation. 1992. ISBN 9788171880843.
• The Autobiographical Impulse in America Essays on The Crisis of Humanism in Contemporary Culture. Academic Foundation. 1993. ISBN 9788171880911.
• Broadway Serenade. Academic Foundation. 1996. ISBN 978-8171881024.
• Far-Away Places: Lessons in Exile. Artzy Books. 2007. ISBN 978-1932687996.

External links

• Amherst College Howard R. Wolf Collection

References

1. "Howard R. Wolf (AC 1958) Papers, 1971-2009". Amherst College Archives & Special Collections. Amherst College. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
2. "Howard R. Wolf (AC 1958) Papers, 1971-2009". Amherst College Archives & Special Collections. Amherst College. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
3. "Emeritius Faculty - Department of English - University at Buffalo". www.buffalo.edu. University at Buffalo. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
4. Wuetcher, Sue. "For Howard Wolf, 'writing is a form of living'". UB Reporter. University at Buffalo. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
5. "Emeritius Faculty - Department of English - University at Buffalo". www.buffalo.edu. University at Buffalo. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
6. "Howard R. Wolf (AC 1958) Papers, 1971-2009". Amherst College Archives & Special Collections. Amherst College. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
7. Klingberg, Susan (May 1988). "The Call to Reform Liberal Education: Great Books of 1987". College & Research Libraries. 49 (3): 278–284. doi:10.5860/crl_49_03_278. hdl:2142/41152. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
8. Rabinowitz, Sima (29 July 2010). "Poetica Magazine - Spring 2010". Newpages. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
9. Wuetcher, Sue. "For Howard Wolf, 'writing is a form of living'". UB Reporter. University at Buffalo. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
10. Wuetcher, Sue. "For Howard Wolf, 'writing is a form of living'". UB Reporter. University at Buffalo. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
11. "List of Contributors". American Studies Journal. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
12. "List of Contributors". American Studies Journal. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
13. Wuetcher, Sue. "For Howard Wolf, 'writing is a form of living'". UB Reporter. University at Buffalo. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
14. Wuetcher, Sue. "For Howard Wolf, 'writing is a form of living'". UB Reporter. University at Buffalo. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
15. Depriest, Keaton. "Spindle Items". Amherst Bee. Amherst College. Retrieved 10 September 2016.