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  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Tim-OBrienTim O’Brien | Biography, The Things They Carried, Books ...

    Sep 27, 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. His best-known work is the novel The Things They Carried (1990).

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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. [2]

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    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.

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  6. www.sparknotes.com › character › tim-obrienThe Things They Carried Tim O’Brien - SparkNotes

    Tim O’Brien is both the narrator and protagonist of The Things They Carried. The work recounts his personal experience in the Vietnam War and allows him to comment on the war.

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  8. www.cliffsnotes.com › tim-obrien-biographyThe Things They Carried: Tim O'Brien Biography - CliffsNotes

    In The Things They Carried, protagonist "Tim O'Brien," a writer and Vietnam War veteran, works through his memories of his war service to find meaning in them. Interrelated short stories present themes such as the allure of war, the loss of innocence, and the relationship between fact and fiction.

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    Tim O'Brien is an American novelist who served as a soldier in the Vietnam War. Much of his writing is about wartime Vietnam, and his work later in life often explores the postwar lives of its veterans.

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

    Oct 31, 2003 · Award-winning author Tim O’Brien is best known for his fictional portrayals of the Vietnam conflict. He was born in 1946 in Austin, Minn., and spent most of his youth in the small town of Worthington, Minn. He graduated summa cum laude from Macalester College in 1968.