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Tim O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist who served as a soldier in the Vietnam War. Much of his writing is about wartime Vietnam, [1] and his work later in life often explores the postwar lives of its veterans.
Tim O'Brien. Born. in Austin, MN, The United States. October 01, 1946. Genre. Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction. edit data. Tim O’Brien matriculated at Macalester College. Graduation in 1968 found him with a BA in political science and a draft notice.
Tim O'Brien (@timobrien) is a senior adviser to Michael Bloomberg and a writer on politics, business and culture. Follow him on Twitter to get his insights and opinions on current events, trends and issues.
Tim O'Brien has 118 books on Goodreads with 762674 ratings. Tim O'Brien’s most popular book is The Things They Carried.
Mar 28, 1990 · The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three.
Tim O'Brien. 3.47. 2,911 ratings544 reviews. “Tim O'Brien is the one American author whose works I look forward to the most. His new novel’s ironic depiction of a post-Iraq war, mid-COVID, and mid-Trump world is piercing and razor-sharp.”
Tim O’Brien, American novelist noted for his writings about American soldiers in the Vietnam War. His notable books included the nonfiction If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home (1973) and the novels Going After Cacciato (1978) and The Things They Carried (1990).
Winning the National Book Award solidified O’Brien’s reputation as a masterful writer concerned with the ambiguities of love and war. Following this success came The Nuclear Age, a novel about a draft-dodger obsessed with the idea of nuclear holocaust, published in 1985.
Oct 13, 2023 · Tim O'Brien, author of the great novel 'The Things They Carried,' explains how COVID and Trump spawned 'America Fantastica,' his first novel in 20 years.
Feb 24, 2021 · Now 74, O'Brien didn't become a father until his late 50s. He reflects on writing, mortality and his experiences in Vietnam in the new documentary, The War and Peace of Tim O'Brien.
