Novelist Tim O'Brien

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Tim O'Brien

Living place: Minnesota

Birthday: 1-10-1946 (78 years old)

Population of US 1946: 141,388,566

Global rank: #70080

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Who is Novelist Tim O'Brien?
Best known for his popular short story collection The Things They Carried, O'Brien also based his National Book Award-winning novel Going After Cacciato on his Vietnam War experiences. One of his novels, In the Lake of Woods, received the 1995 James Fenimore Cooper Fiction Historical Prize.
In 2003, he became president of the graduate writing program at Texas State University at San Marcos.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After completing a bachelor's degree in political science at Macalester College, he was drafted into the United States Army. After serving in Vietnam and later completing his undergraduate studies at Harvard University, he published his first work, a memoir entitled If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up. and Me Home's ship.

Family life info

Born and raised in Minnesota, he later settled in Texas with his wife Meredith and sons Timmy and Tad.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Tim O'Brien?
O'Brien and fellow American author Philip Caputo both composed works with the theme of the Vietnam War.

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When was Novelist Tim O'Brien born?
Tim O'Brien birthday 1-10-1946 (at the age of 78).
Where is Novelist Tim O'Brien's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Tim O'Brien was born in Minnesota, . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Tim O'Brien's global rank is 70080 and whose rank is 722 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1946 is about 141,388,566 persons.
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Events in 1946 and 1-10

Events in US in the birth year of Tim O'Brien

  • US Atomic Energy Commission is established.
  • Benjamin Spock's childcare classic published.
  • Worst work stoppages since 1919, with coal, electrical, and steel industries hit hardest.
  • First automatic electronic digital computer, ENIAC, dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania.

Birthday Tim O'Brien (1-10) in history

  • Day 1-10 year 1800: Spain ceded Louisiana to France in the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso.
  • Day 1-10 year 1908: Henry Ford introduced the first mass-produced automobile on the market—the Model T car to the market. Each car cost $825.
  • Day 1-10 year 1936: General Francisco Franco became head of the insurgent Spanish government.
  • Day 1-10 year 1961: Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season, breaking Babe Ruth's record of 60 set in 1927.
  • Day 1-10 year 1971: Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida.
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