Tom La Farge
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Tom La Farge | |
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 Tom La Farge. 2013. Photo by Wendy Walker. | |
| Born | September 2, 1947 Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | October 20, 2020 (aged 73) |
| Education | Harvard University; Princeton University |
| Occupations | Writer, teacher |
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| Children | Paul La Farge |
| Parent(s) | Christopher La Farge Violet Amory Loomis |
| Relatives | Thomas Sergeant La Farge (cousin once removed) |
| Website | tomlafarge |
Thomas Sergeant La Farge (September 2, 1947 – October 20, 2020) was an American writer known for writing six novels and a collection of stories. He taught English at St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's School and at Horace Mann School. With his wife, the writer Wendy Walker, he co-founded The Writhing Society in 2009, a salon/class devoted to the exploration and invention of constraints for verbal and visual composition. They also co-founded Proteotypes, the publishing arm of the Proteus Gowanus Gallery from 2009 to 2015. He is the son of novelist Christopher La Farge, and the father of novelist Paul La Farge.[1][2][3][4]
La Farge was born in Morristown, New Jersey. He graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in English Literature. He served as president of The Harvard Lampoon, and wrote his thesis on Jane Austen's Emma. He graduated from Princeton University with a Ph.D. in Renaissance Literature, and wrote his thesis on George Chapman's Bussy D'Ambois.[5][6]
Tom La Farge Award
The annual Tom La Farge Award in the amount of $10,000 was founded in 2023 to encourage literary activity that combines play, erudition, and innovative practice.[7]
"In the literary world today, Tom La Farge reminds us of the purpose of literature. He pleads for us to not allow complexity to fall to the wayside in favor of stoic, to-the-point sentences." —Andrew Hermanski, The Collidescope[8]
