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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Tim_O&Tim O'Brien (author) - Wikipedia

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   Tim O'Brien was born in Austin, Minnesota on October 1, 1946, [6] the son of William Timothy O'Brien and Ava Eleanor Schultz O'Brien. [1] When he was ten, his family –including a younger brother and sister– moved to Worthington, Minnesota. Worthington had a large influence on O’Brien's imagination and his early development as an author.

   • Genre: Memoirs, war stories, short stories
   • Years active: 1973–present

   • Nationality: American
   • Born: William Timothy O'Brien Jr., October 1, 1946 (age 77), Austin, Minnesota, U.S.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Tim-OBrienTim O’Brien | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

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   Apr 22, 2024 · Tim O’Brien (born October 1, 1946, Austin, Minnesota, U.S.) is an American novelist noted for his writings about American soldiers in the Vietnam War. After studying political science at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota (B.A., 1968), O’Brien fought in Vietnam. When he returned to the United States, he studied intermittently at ...

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4. www.npr.org › 2021/02/24 › 970880767Tim O'Brien On Late-In-Life Fatherhood And The Things He ...

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   Feb 24, 2021 · Courtesy of Gravitas Ventures. National Book Award-winning author Tim O'Brien is best known for his stories about the Vietnam War, including the 1990 novel, The Things They Carried. But he says he ...

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7. www.chipublib.org › tim-obrien-biographyTim O’Brien Biography | Chicago Public Library

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   Oct 31, 2003 · Learn about the life and works of Tim O’Brien, an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction about the Vietnam War. Find out his background, awards, influences, and themes in his books such as The Things They Carried, If I Die in a Combat Zone, and July, July.

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   Learn about the life and works of Tim O’Brien, a Vietnam War veteran and acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction. Explore his memoir, novels, short stories, and quotes on war, memory, and storytelling.

9. www.latimes.com › entertainment-arts › booksTim O'Brien on how Trump inspired his novel 'America ...

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   Oct 13, 2023 · Why Tim O’Brien’s first novel in 20 years is about America’s ‘mythomania’. COVID and Trump inspired Tim O’Brien, author of “The Things They Carried,” to finish his first novel in ...

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    Was Tim O'Brien a foot soldier during the Vietnam War?

    • Tim O'Brien was a foot soldier during the Vietnam War. "The problem for me really is that I questioned the rectitude of the war," he says. "I thought I was doing the wrong thing by being there." National Book Award-winning author Tim O'Brien is best known for his stories about the Vietnam War, including the 1990 novel, The Things They Carried.

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    Who is Tim O'Brien?

    • Tim O'Brien was born in Austin, Minnesota on October 1, 1946, the son of William Timothy O'Brien and Ava Eleanor Schultz O'Brien. When he was ten, his family –including a younger brother and sister– moved to Worthington, Minnesota. Worthington had a large influence on O’Brien's imagination and his early development as an author.

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    What is Tim O’Brien best known for?

    • Tim O’Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist well known for writing about the Vietnam War and the impact it had on the American soldiers who fought there. He won the U. S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1979 for the Vietnam novel Going After Cacciato.

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    How old is Tim O’Brien?

    • Tim is 55, with the enthusiasm of a kid, and the haircut of one, too. He grew up in Kingston, went to URI, then began a career as a TV sports guy. But after 15 years, he decided that 90 seconds per story was too limiting.

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11. www.nytimes.com › 2023/10/23 › booksBook Review: ‘America Fantastica,’ by Tim O’Brien - The New ...

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    Oct 23, 2023 · Tim O’Brien’s diagnosis of what ails America in 2023 is “mythomania,” which he defines as an epidemic of lying that swept our nation during the Trump presidency, infecting man and, he ...