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THOMAS WOLFE TIMELINE
(Excerpted from The Lost World of Thomas Wolfe by Myra Champion)

1900 October 3. Born at 92 Woodfin Street, Asheville, North Carolina.

1904 November 16. Brother Grover Cleveland Wolfe, twin to Benjamin Harrison Wolfe, died in St. Louis, Missouri.

1906 August. Mother bought property at 48 Spruce Street and began the operation of a boarding house, the Old Kentucky Home.
September. Entered Orange Street Public School.

1912 September. Enrolled as a student in the North State Fitting School, a private school in Asheville established by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Roberts.

1916 September. Registered as a freshman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

1918. Worked as a summer laborer at Norfolk, Virginia.
October 19. Brother Benjamin Harrison Wolfe died.

1919 March 14 and 15. Carolina Playmakers of the University at Chapel Hill presented his play The Return of Buck Gavin.
Won Worth Prize for an essay "The Crisis in Industry."
Made editor-in-chief of the student newspaper The Tar Heel.
December 12 and 13. His play The Third Night staged by Carolina Playmakers.

1920 June. Graduated from the University of North Carolina.
September. Entered Harvard Graduate School for work toward M.A. degree and to study playwriting under George Pierce Baker.

1921 October 21 and 22. His play The Mountains staged by 47 Workshop at Harvard.

1922. Fulfilled requirements for M.A. degree at Harvard.
June 20. His father died.
September. Continued his studies at Harvard with Professor Baker.

1923 May 11. His play Welcome to Our City produced by 47 Workshop at Harvard.

1924. Began as teacher of English at Washington Square College of New York University.
October 25. Left New York on first voyage to Europe.

1925 July 19. Short piece from his travel journal titled "London Tower" published in Asheville Citizen-Times [then Asheville Citizen].
August. Sailed for home on Olympic. Met Mrs. Aline Bernstein on board
September. Returned to teaching at New York University.

1926 June 23. Sailed for Europe. Settled in a Chelsea flat, London, for work on his first novel finally titled Look Homeward, Angel.
December. Embarked for New York.

1927 July. Left for a third trip abroad.
September. Resumed teaching at New York University.

1928. Completed the writing of Look Homeward, Angel. July through December in Europe. Landed New York on New Year's Eve.

1929 August. A short story, "An Angel on the Porch," published in Scribner's Magazine. (An introductory portion of his forthcoming novel.)
October 18. Look Homeward, Angel published by Charles Scribner's Sons.

1930. Resigned his position with New York University.
March. Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship.
May. Sailed for travels abroad.
December 12. Acclaimed by Sinclair Lewis in his Nobel Prize Speech.

1931 February. Booked passage on Europa for New York. Rented an apartment at 40 Verandah Place in Brooklyn.

1932 April. "A Portrait of Bascom Hawke," a short novel, published in Scribner's Magazine. (Tied for the $5000 Scribner's Short Novel Prize.)

1935 March 2. Sailed for Europe.
March 8. Of Time and the River published by Charles Scribner's Sons.
July 4. Arrived in New York on the Bremen.
July 31. Reached Boulder, Colorado, where he delivered a speech at the University of Colorado Writers' Conference.
November 14. From Death to Morning, a collection of short stories, published by Charles Scribner's Sons.

1936 April 21. The Story of a Novel published by Charles Scribner's Sons.
August. Visited Germany and attended the Olympic Games.
September. Returned from seventh and last trip to Europe.

1937 May. Welcomed to Asheville for a short stay. Rented cabin at Oteen near Asheville for use in July and August.
May 16. Essay "Return" published in Asheville Citizen-Times [then called Asheville Citizen]
December 31. Signed contract with new publishers Harper and Brothers.

1938 May 19. Delivered speech at Purdue University.
June 21 to July 2. Joined two newsmen for a tour of the West.
July. Became ill with pneumonia at Seattle.
September 12. Operation performed at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
September 15. Died of tuberculosis of the brain.
September 18. Services held at First Presbyterian Church in Asheville. Buried at Riverside Cemetery.

1939. The Web and the Rock published by Harper and Brothers.

1940. You Can't Go Home Again published by Harper and Brothers.

1941. The Hills Beyond published by Harper and Brothers.

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